DESCRIPTION
The City of Bremerton completed preliminary designs for the Evergreen Park Nearshore Restoration Project located adjacent to Evergreen Rotary Park on the western shoreline of the Port Washington Narrows, which connects Sinclair Inlet with Dyes Inlet. This project developed a conceptual and preliminary design to restore nearshore ecological functions along 600 feet of shoreline that will benefit Chinook, chum, coho, steelhead, and cutthroat trout migrating between Dyes and Sinclair Inlets. The restoration design includes the following elements: reconnect the upland and nearshore environments, restoring natural sedimentation functions through the removal of hard shoreline armoring and upland fill, expand and enhance forage fish beach spawning habitat, restore shoreline riparian vegetation, restore natural sedimentation functions. The urban park setting requires a balance between ecological benefit and passive recreation and public use. Project design work includes estimates of beach fill removal necessary to restore the natural slope and landscape plans for areas where vegetation is appropriate. Conceptual design alternatives were identified and assessed, then the preferred alternative was developed to preliminary design. Deliverables meet requirements in SRFB Manual 18 Appendix D-1 and D-2.
The City of Bremerton completed a conceptual, preliminary, and final design to restore the nearshore area located adjacent to Evergreen Rotary Park on the western shoreline of the Port Washington Narrows, which connects Sinclair Inlet with Dyes Inlet. The goal of this project was to develop a conceptual and preliminary design to restore nearshore ecological functions along 600 feet of shoreline to benefit Chinook, Chum, Coho, steelhead, and Cutthroat Trout migrating between Dyes and Sinclair Inlets. The project goal was exceeded by pushing the design work to a complete 90% design that includes bid specification document and draft permit applications. The design has alternative options that add more than 1,600 linear feet of additional shoreline/beach habitat in Smith Cove, next to the primary project location. The design reconnects the upland and nearshore environments, restores natural sedimentation functions through the removal of hard shoreline armoring and upland fill, expands and enhances forage fish beach spawning habitat by removing fill and replacing it with correctly sized gravels and sands in key locations, and restores shoreline riparian vegetation. When funds to construct the design are available, we will need to make minor updates to have bid ready construction level plans and specifications. Project success can be attributed to getting early feedback from involved agencies (WSWC, WDFW, DNR, DOE, and Suquamish Tribe) and local citizens, that helped streamline the design process as comments were incorporated at the beginning of the work process.
The goal of providing a balanced design between the urban park setting and enhanced ecological opportunity / benefit that promotes feeder fish spawning, and allows for passive recreation and public use was achieved. An ADA compliant beach access point is included in the north side design for Smith Cove where 100's of yards of concrete slurry will be removed to open up the beach for spawning and enhanced habitat.
This effort would not be possible without the support of the Salmon Recovery Funding Board and Recreation and Conservation Office funding support which is greatly appreciated.
