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Apr 26, 2012
Thea Foss Waterway: Transition through Remediation Projects
Authors: Bill Conley [email protected], Susan Bialous [email protected], Mary Henley [email protected], and John O'Loughlin [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: Ports 2007: 30 Years of Sharing Ideas: 1977-2007
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The City of Tacoma has undertaken the task of reviving the Thea Foss Waterway, a 1.5-mile-long inlet along the downtown waterfront. Once the economic center of the city's maritime and industrial activities, the waterway had experienced a steady decline with tenants vacating properties leaving behind empty facilities and contaminated land. In 1981, the Federal Environmental Protection Agency declared the waterway as part of the Commencement Bay Nearshore/Tideflats Superfund Cleanup Project. The City subsequently mobilized support for recovering the waterway, culminating in the Thea Foss and Wheeler-Osgood Waterways Remediation Project, which commenced in November 2002. The project included dredging, capping, channel deepening, bank stabilization, creation of environmental habitat areas, and construction of an 11-acre capped Confined Disposal Facility, creating an equal amount of new industrial land.
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Ports 2007: 30 Years of Sharing Ideas: 1977-2007
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© 2007 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Associate, KPFF Consulting Engineers, 101 Stewart Street, Suite 800, Seattle, WA 98101. E-mail: [email protected]
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Associate, KPFF Consulting Engineers, 1201 Pacific Avenue, Suite 800, Tacoma, WA 98402. E-mail: [email protected]
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Thea Foss Project Manager, Environmental Services, City of Tacoma Public Works, 304 E. 11th Street, Tacoma, WA 98421. E-mail: [email protected]
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Assistant, Division Manager, Environmental Services, City of Tacoma Department of Public Works, 304 E. 11th Street, Tacoma, WA 98421. E-mail: [email protected]
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