Posted on Fri, Feb. 11, 2005
By
Alan Lopez
EL CERRITO - The
final design for a park
and creek restoration project
on the north side of town
will go before the Design
Review Board next week,
with hope of breaking ground
this summer.
Several years in the making,
the Baxter Creek "gateway" project
will restore 160 feet of
Baxter Creek while building
a landscaped park, with
kiosks, benches, picnic
areas and more.
Located on a 1.64-acre
parcel between Key Boulevard,
San Pablo Avenue and the
BART tracks, the project
will also extend the Ohlone
Greenway northward, with
the intention of eventually
connecting it to the Richmond
Greenway.
"Our goal is to break ground
this summer and there's a high chance of that happening," said
Drew Goetting, one of the
designers of the project.
"That is possibly going to be
delayed a little bit because of funding issues," said Maryann Aberg, cofounder
of the Friends of Baxter Creek. "We
will probably discuss that
at the DRB meeting."
-- Alan Lopez
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