Advocates say daylighting Fish Creek will transform it into a prized community asset running through the heart of Midtown Anchorage and into Spenard while still moving storm water
Water collects in a ditch south of Chugach Way on April 20 in Anchorage. The area is within the historic Fish Creek watershed.
However, Anchorage Assembly member Austin Quinn-Davidson, who led the effort to get the item on the ballot, said she plans to pursue other funding sources.it’s funded and gets underway, will help determine how and whether the project should be pursued. “It would take some real vision and money, but it doesn’t have to happen all at once,” Quinn-Davidson said.“That could be a nice asset for development,” she said.. After all, voters approved the measure. The money could come possibly come from the American Rescue Plan Act, she said.The Fish Creek that remains today is often small and sometimes grimy. Its lower portion flows through much of Spenard and Turnagain, accompanied at times by a bike trail.
Friends of Fish Creek board member Jed Smith points to an aboveground section of Fish Creek next to Chugach Way on April 20. The creek would cross under major streets and, after more than a mile, reconnect with the lower creek near the Minnesota-Tudor intersection. “I wish someone had thought about this in the ‘60s, but we weren’t thinking like this in the ‘60s” said Spencer. “Once you urbanize an area, it’s really hard to change that.”Cook Inlet Housing Authority is planning for the possibility that the creek will one day be daylighted, said Tyler Robinson, a vice president with the authority.
He said rehabilitating the creek faces big obstacles. Providing enough setback off the creek in other areas may not be easy, he said.“There are engineering challenges and land-acquisition challenges,” he said.
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