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Plan Section 5 <br /> 5.3 West Channel <br /> This trail segment along the shoreline will provide <br /> exceptional views of Ferry-Baker Island and the <br /> river reach. The City and Port should take immediate <br /> first steps toward implementation. = ,, . . <br /> 5.4 Trail Around Wooded Wetland <br /> Segment 5.4 is a City-owned wooded wetland complex. <br /> Because of this area's ecological sensitivity, the main - <br /> pedestrian/bike trail will skirt the west side of the wetland. <br /> However, a foot-only nature trail (boardwalk) is recom- View east toward <br /> mended to access a viewpoint near the water's edge. Ferry-Baker Island. <br /> 5.5 "Pinch Point" <br /> The area south of the City-owned wooded wetland complex is particularly challenging <br /> because there is very little property available between the railroad and the shoreline. Also, <br /> the connection uphill to E. Marine View Drive and the future bridge to Langus Park will be <br /> expensive to construct. <br /> A pre-existing row of piles right next to the <br /> shoreline could host a new elevated trail <br /> (although new piles would be needed to `7: <br /> support the new structure). In any case, a ' <br /> new trail would have to be landward of the 111161.111 <br /> I-5 bridge columns, since this section ofII "PIIIPS _ <br /> the river is already pretty narrow. Ai a ""' <br /> hya <br /> s <br /> "" Area between the two railroad tracks where the <br /> N i' pedestrian/bike overpass should link the <br /> !I• I `• .- shoreline trail to E. Marine View Dr. <br /> z Sketch of potential overpass to <br /> \`,.'- "' E Marine View Dr and elevated trail <br /> underneath 1-5 Bridge. View from south <br /> r. <br /> The future pedestrian/bike bridge to Langus Riverfront Park will connect the future trail on <br /> E. Marine View Drive with the bike trail on Smith Island. Reaching E. Marine View Drive <br /> from the shoreline, though, means crossing at least two railroad tracks and ascending the <br /> steep slope between the two levels. <br /> Of the many possible solutions, the most feasible seems to be a pedestrian/bike overpass <br /> that crosses the railroad tracks and reaches a City-owned lift station site that connects to E. <br /> Marine View Drive. This solution would also connect the shoreline trail right next to the <br /> Langus Riverfront Park bridge and create possibilities of loops with the E. Marine View <br /> Drive trail and connection with the near neighborhood. <br /> Shoreline Public Access Plan Update 2019 33 <br />