Kelsey Creek restoration project nears completion

The creek restoration project that started the first week of June is nearly complete. The haul roads on the 7th, 8th, and 9th holes have been seeded and the new grass is coming up and looks good. The last stage of the project is to plant native shrubs in designated planting areas. The photo below was taken on the equipment bridge on #11 looking south down the stream.

The next photo was taken off the bridge just in front of the 16th tee looking north upstream.

All of the shrubs are varieties that are not supposed to get over three feet tall. In time we'll trim them as needed to keep them from interfering with tee shots from the 16th tee. The contractor will replace any plants that don't make it through the first year.The City of Bellevue is required to monitor the project for three years to make sure the in stream design is working as planned. Any areas that get washed out by big storm events will be changed and restored as needed next summer.