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A plan to create a marina on the north shore of the Salton Sea was revealed by elected leaders earlier this month in an online zoom meeting with the community.
The North Lake Pilot Demonstration Project envisions a 156-acre marina with an oval-shaped lake, 6 to 12 feet deep, enclosed from the Salton Sea by a 10- to 15-foot berm. The preferred location, according to authorities, is a stretch of shoreline near 72nd Avenue.
Late last year, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors and the Salton Sea Authority board of directors approved reimbursement agreements that allow Riverside County to utilize $19.25 million in state funding, from the voter-approved Proposition 68 parks bond, to manage this project.
“The North Lake Pilot Demonstration Project is an important habitat and dust suppression project and a major investment in state funding to revitalize the northern end of the Salton Sea as well as the community of North Shore,” Perez said in a statement.
More information about the project can be found at https://rivco.org/community/salton-sea-north-lake-pilot-demonstration-project.
Riverside County is looking to begin work on the project by the end of 2022.
