Another Snohomish County park is in the works, bankrolled by money from King County.
The Snohomish County Council last week approved spending $1.86 million to buy about nine acres of mostly vacant land in Bothell.
The property is about a half-mile from King County’s $1.7 billion Brightwater treatment plant in Maltby.
The council is tapping a $70 million settlement fund paid by King County to offset the impacts of the treatment plant.
A master park plan outlining what should be done with the nine-acre property will be created with input from the public, County Councilman Dave Gossett said.
It’s the third land purchase made by the county using Brightwater settlement money.
Last year, the County Council approved proposals to spend more than $800,000 to buy 11 acres of wooded properties on Highway 9.
Those two adjacent properties could someday have trails and picnic shelters, county parks director Tom Teigen said. Until then, the purchase preserves forest that will help the regional Little Bear Creek watershed, he said.
Work is under way on many pieces of the $1.7 billion sewage treatment plant. A tunnel boring machine is digging from Bothell to Maltby as part of a 13-mile path for wastewater pipes leading to Puget Sound.
The treatment plant is expected to open in 2011.
Reporter Jeff Switzer: 425-339-3452 or jswitzer@heraldnet.com.
Brightwater spending
Snohomish County is scheduled to receive $70 million from King County to mitigate its Brightwater sewage treatment plant. A settlement shows the money will be spent on:
* Parks and trails: $30.4 million for three parks, including a 40-acre site.
* Public safety improvements: $25.85 million for paved paths and wider roadway shoulders.
* Forest preservation and habitat: $10.8 million for Little Bear and Cutthroat creeks.
* Community center: $2.95 million.
Read the settlement between the counties at www.snoco.org. Enter “Brightwater” in the search box.
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