We already have the distinction of being the first neighborhood that installed speed humps. She already is looking ahead to ground breaking at the parkway's entrance, which will be near the Salt Creek bridge on 22nd Avenue S. McEachern sees the parkway as a link between Lake Maggiore and Bartlett Park, but with its new lighting also a deterrent to crime. She said drug peddlers, prostitutes and people who illegally dump have plagued the area. Other improvements continue in Harbordale. New sidewalks are going in.
Landscaping is ongoing.
And Habitat for Humanity has built a seventh house in the 500 block of 27th Avenue S. State government has to be notified that City Council accepted the park grant, and Harbordale residents will have a chance to look at a design plan, Quintana said. All that could happen by late this year or early next year, and work could begin soon thereafter. Salt Creek originates in Lake Maggiore and flows through Bartlett Park, where the waterway usually is referred to as Bartlett Lake. The city and the water management district recently completed a marsh restoration project there. The creek flows out of Bartlett Park, under Fourth Street S and then under Third Street S where the infamous Thrill Hill bridge flies over.