The June 17th ribbon cutting ceremony for the Big Break Shoreline Park was a well‐attended and successful event. The ceremony, hosted by East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) and Delta Science Center, officially dedicated the bridge that connects the trail system along the shoreline, and initiated construction of Phase 3a of the regional park.
Phase 3a of the park was approved by the City Council on March 24, 2009, and depicts $2.5 million in park improvements. EBRPD currently has $1.5 million in grant funds from the River Parkway and Coastal Conservancy grants. As a result in the interim shortfall of funding, EBRPD has reduced the scope of the initial construction of Phase 3a. The initial improvements will include the trail system, kayak storage building, vault restroom structure (instead of permanent restroom building with sewer connection), fish bike rack, 7 of the 12 picnic tables, 1 of the 8 BBQ, 15‐gallon trees instead of 24‐inch box, a scaled‐back children’s play area with a dinosaur dig site. EBRPD plans to build out the remainder of the improvements when additional funding is secured. Remaining improvements include the future fish cleaning station, and additional picnic tables, benches, standard bike racks, and BBQs. The 3‐dimensional Delta Map feature is being funded by a separate grant and is on track for construction with Phase 3a.
EBRPD also informed City staff that the $2.6 million from Measure WW is still earmarked for the Delta Science Center building and interpretative and
educational features at the shoreline park.
