State orders wetlands near Pier 39 restored
The state has ordered developer Floyd Holcom, the owner of Pier 39, to restore wetlands he improperly filled near the Cannery Loft Condominiums. Holcom began clearing a plot of land he owns between the condominiums and a branch of the Astoria Riverwalk curving around Alderbrook Slough. He built a gravel connector path from a cul-de-sac at the end of Abbey Lane to the trail. Nathan Crater, the city engineer, said the path blocked stormwater drainage from adjacent warehouses to the south of Holcomâs property to wetlands adjoining the slough. During heavy rains Monday, water pooled on eithe...
Source: dailyastorian.com