Lake Merritt Channel Projects and Information

The Lake Merritt Channel is a narrow waterway that connects Lake Merritt with the Estuary and San Francisco Bay.

Measure DD projects along the Channel are intended to improve water flow, provide small boat passage, enhance bicycle and pedestrian access, restore wetlands, and make other Channel and shoreline improvements.

Major work includes replacement of the restrictive culverts at 10^th Street with a clear-spanning bridge, and construction of a gated by-pass channel around the 7^th Street Flood Control Station.

Contact:

CIP Coordinator
Jose Martinez (510) 238-6864

More information:

From October 18, 2006 Public Presentation:

• Background, Goals, Schedule (5.4mb)
• Open Space Channel Concepts (4mb)
• Pedestrian Bridge Alternatives (1.4mb)
• 7th and 10th Street Engineering Drawings (1.3mb)
• Preliminary Tree Inventory (408k)
• Public Art Ideas (4mb)

Revised Open Space Concept (Feb 2007)