Seahurst Park Ribbon-Cutting — Seawall Removal Restores 2,800 Feet of Shoreline Habitat
Tue, 09/09/2014
Join the City of Burien, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Puget Sound Partnership and other partners to celebrate the Phase II completion of the Seahurst Park Ecosystem Restoration Project. Tours of the restoration site begin at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, September 12th, followed by groundbreaking ceremonies at 2:30 p.m.
Tours of the restoration site and open house events begin at Seahurst Park 2:30 p.m. Seahurst Park is located at 1600 S.W. Seahurst Park Road, in Burien. Event speakers will include Jim McDermott, State Sen. Sharon Nelson, Seattle District Commander Col. John Buck, and Puget Sound Partnership Director Sheida Sahandy.
The overall purpose of this project is to improve marine habitat for salmon and restore natural sediment processes and the beach to pre-seawall conditions.
The park reopened to the general public on August 25th.
