Find out what community members like you shared with the team designing Willamette Cove's future nature park.
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Find out what community members like you shared with the team designing Willamette Cove's future nature park.
After decades of industrialization created hazardous conditions at Willamette Cove, there is hope that people can someday safely recreate at the area. Now, following nearly 25 years planning, Metro can begin envisioning a future nature park.
Planning has kicked off for the future park at Willamette Cove in North Portland.
A detailed study of Willamette Cove has shown contaminants are deeper than previously known.
All moderately contaminated soil will be hauled away rather than stored on site.
Metro Council will soon make a decision on cleanup. Detailed soil study set to start.
As work continues at North Portland’s Willamette Cove, Metro councilors were briefed on a plan to collaborate with community members on decisions around future recreational opportunities and trails at the site.
At a work session on April 27, the council heard from staff members about cleanup plans for the portion of the Willamette Cove property that sits above the Willamette River banks.
Following a six-month comment period, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has selected a cleanup plan for the upland portion of Willamette Cove.
The Metro Council voted unanimously Dec. 10 in support of a resolution that makes Willamette Cove eligible for funding through the 2019 parks and natural areas bond measure.
The Metro Council is scheduled to consider a resolution at its Dec. 10 meeting that would make Willamette Cove eligible for funding through the 2019 parks and natural areas bond measure.
The Portland Harbor Community Coalition is gearing up again to steer a public involvement process as the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, the Port of Portland and Metro work to finalize a cleanup plan for the Willamette Cove property – one of the most complicated sites in Metro’s portfolio of parks, trails and natural areas.