DESCRIPTION
The objective of this project is to restore floodplain connectivity by removing road and fill material associated with Boundary Bridge on the south side of the Suiattle River. Approximately 260 linear meters of road crosses the floodplain in this location. This road blocks several historic channels and isolates approximately 17 hectares (43 ac) of floodplain. The bridge currently does not provide access because the river eroded approximately 25 meters of the approach on the south side in October 2003. Habitat restoration options include removing the bridge and all of the associated road fill in the floodplain or extending a new bridge span across a portion of the floodplain and replacing fill material with large culverts in historic channel crossings.