The completed stream channel waiting for the bridge to arrive.
The Pinkham fish passage restoration project along Carpinteria Creek, represents one of the last barriers in the Carpinteria Creek Watershed. The project will replace an undersized rail car bridge with a wider and taller bridge. It will also remove 90 feet of concreted stream channel and banks. The stream channel will be regraded and the creek banks will be restored with native riparian vegetation. When the project is complete steelhead trout will have access to upstream habitat.
Friday, December 6, 2013
Project Update - 7
The bridge is in! The Pinkham project is nearing completion. The stream channel and rock slope protection work was finished last week. The bridge arrived on Thursday of this week and was installed today. The crane arrived early this morning to set up and the bridge was installed before noon. Next week the contractor will work to grade and pave the road approach up to the bridge. The railings will also be built and installed. The following week the CCC will be out to install erosion control material and native trees and shrubs to re-vegetate the site.