18. Accomplishments
• 70 miles of trails
• Greenway Program
3 levies approved by voters
$42.5 M for acquisition of parks and trails
$12.5 M for trail development
• $8 M grant funding for trail related projects
• Greenways Strategic Plan
• Parks, Recreation and Open Space Plan
• North Bellingham Trail Plan
20. Challenges
• More connections between neighborhoods
• Maintenance funding is scarce
• Development costs are increasing & affected by
regulations
• Competition is greater for fewer dollars, especially grants
• Street system connections & transitions
are vital, including sidewalks, crosswalks & bike lanes
• Acquisitions & developer contributions
are more challenging due to economic slow-down
22. Coast Millennium/ Marine Drive Corridor
“Lockwood” park site
with bypass trail
around RR overpass
STATE TIDELANDS
Whirlwind Beach
Planned Public Parking & Viewpoints
23. Recent Whirlwind
Beach Purchase VIEWPOINT
Link to State tidelands & future
viewpoint on Marine Drive
MARINE DR.
BIKE LANES &
SIDEWALK SEGMENTS
DESIRABLE
24. Bellingham’s Bay-to-Baker/Squalicum Creek Trail
Bay to the City Limits
To Nooksack
River via
inland rail-trail
CORNWALL PARK
SQUALICUM
CREEK PARK
To Nooksack River
via coast/Marine Drive
25. Current Study Section: Meridian to Irongate
Building a road, trail & new creek channels
SUNSET
POND
BUG LAKE
26. King & Queen Mts. Trail
With future connections
TO CORDATA/ TO EVERSON/
NORTWEST RD NOOKSACK RIVER
TO CORNWALL PARK/
BELLINGHAM BAY
B to b
27. Recent Trail
Projects:
Barkley Trail Segment
(Orleans to Barkley
Village)
Division St. Trail
(Eliza Ave. to Aldrich Rd.)
Whatcom Cr. Trail
(Meador/I-5 to Woburn)
Cordata Park Trails
Underway:
Samish Crest Trail
Over Water Walkway
Editor's Notes
We’ll be well connected at Whirlwind; we’re securing greenway lands & trail corridors that will provide nonmotorized access from across town. [LASER] Here’s our North Bay Beachwalk from Little Squalicum Park on the right; the green ovals indicate 2 small parking lots.On the bluff top, Marine Drive is a designated element of our County’s Nooksack Loop Trail. This RCO request would allow for parking at the yellow ovals. The Chartwell trail is indicated with the green arrow. The red arrow indicates Whirlwind Beach is designated as a greenway system node in our Parks, Recreation & Open Space Plan. I’ll pass over these connections, except for the coastal North Bay Beachwalk here (POINTER) & the Marine Drive recreational corridor here (POINTER). (CLICK, CLICK). GREEN shapes indicate existing parking lots & beach access trails. Currently the Port-owned parking lot does not publicly connect with the shore. (CLICK). YELLOW shapes indicate planned parking to serve the Whirlwind beach trail & viewpoint & a new access route to the beach from the Port parking lot. We are now negotiating purchase of a parking lot here (POINTER) on Locust Avenue & will be discussing alternatives for Port parking lot trail connections, one possibly involving use of an existing private trail here. (POINTER)