The project will open the river to returning salmon and make beach space available to park goers. Author: Michael Crowe Updated: 5:48 PM PDT July 9, 2021
EDMONDS, Wash. Local and federal officials celebrated the start of work on a new project to help salmon in Snohomish County Friday.
The project, on Lunds Gulch Creek in Edmond’s Meadowdale Beach Park, addresses a fish obstruction that has been there for decades – a small tunnel under the BNSF rail line just off the waterfront.
Thanks in part to a $3.5 million grant from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), work is underway to replace the tunnel with a 110-foot raised trestle, and expand riparian habitat within the park.