Another park update: Myrtle Reservoir site schedule “on hold”

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(From last year, approved “schematic plan” for Myrtle Reservoir park)
Thanks to “jsrekd” for posing the question in the WSB Forums — what’s up with the park site at Myrtle Reservoir (map), where construction was supposed to be starting soon? First stop, the project’s official page on the city Parks Department website – where a new update revealed that the Myrtle park-construction schedule is “on hold” and that work may not start until this fall. That led to a call to project manager Virginia Hassinger, who says the delay is because Seattle Public Utilities work on the newly covered reservoir is taking longer than expected — the same crew that’s working on the Beacon Hill reservoir-covering project (remember this story, with underground video?) is working on Myrtle. Once park construction does start, Hassinger tells WSB, it should take about three months; she says she can’t wait to get going and get it done, but they can’t take control of the site till SPU’s work is done.


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1 Reply to "Another park update: Myrtle Reservoir site schedule "on hold""

  • jsrekd March 25, 2009 (8:03 am)

    Thank you TR for the update. I remember when we first formed MOBS in the mid-90’s (the precursor to MoCA), a park at the Myrtle Reservoir was one of our dream projects. Good to see it’s closer to fruition.

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