South River Harborwalk in Salem, MA

The Salem Gazette reports that the South River Harborwalk in Salem, MA will be unveiled this June. The harborwalk has been in the works for at least a decade and is part of a larger effort to revitalize Salem’s waterfront. Since Mayor Kim Driscoll took office a few years ago, there’s been an additional push to move the project forward, aided by a $420,000 grant promised to the city in 2008 by the Seaport Advisory Council.

Last fall, workers began constructing the 1,100-foot harborwalk along the South River, by the Congress Street Bridge and Peabody and Lafayette streets. Officials expect the work will be done in the spring, around the same time as the abutting Peabody Street Park is finished.

The entrance of the walk will be at a small plaza on New Derby Street, near Beverly Cooperative Bank, where visitors can sit on benches. There will be flagpoles with “marine imagery” aimed at creating a higher point to establish a “visual connection to the downtown.” according to planning department director Lynn Duncan.

Read the entire Salem Gazette article.