Renovations will let salmon species return to Lunds Gulch

EDMONDS, Wash. (AP) — New renovations will allow threatened salmon species to return to Lunds Gulch at Meadowdale Beach Park. After a decade of planning, construction has begun on renovations at the waterfront park to create a 1.3-acre pocket estuary that will bring back Chinook, chum and coho salmon, as well as cutthroat trout. The centerpiece of the renovations is a railroad bridge that will create a 90-foot opening for the creek to flow through. It will replace a six-foot culvert. The project was a complicated affair involving state and federal grants. It also required a partnership with BNSF Railway. The bill will likely exceed $15 million.