Project Components

This project aims to deliver the following benefits:

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• Increase fish access by removing fish passage barriers 

• Construct a new wide span bridge and sidewalks along Rainier Ave S

• Restore the creek and delta habitat for salmon in the lower creek (increase quantity and quality of spawning, rearing, and refuge habitat)

• Provide a new public shoreline access to the new natural area north of Rainier Ave S

• Construct safety improvements along Rainier Ave S in coordination with the Seattle Department of Transportation

• Improve drainage and reduce storm-related flooding downstream for Rainier Ave S

• Reduce stream bank and slope erosion as well as retain sediment in Dead Horse Canyon with large woody materials (LWM), tightlines and revegetation along the creek

• Improve shade over the creek and water quality treatment through creation of a new riparian corridor established in the lower channel

• Create a healthier plant community through revegetation with native plants throughout the lower project area and in Dead Horse Canyon, while preserving as much of the existing forest ecosystem as possible