The Bear Lake Marina Expansion Team will host a public open house to present concepts and locations under evaluation for making the marina larger to accommodate the boats using the lake.
The open house will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at the Garden City Municipal Building at 69 North Paradise Parkway (Building A, Lake View Room).
The meeting will begin at 5:00 p.m. and go until 7:00 p.m. and the team will have informational boards on display and will answer questions about the proposed project.
Terri Wahlberg a Bear Lake State Park Marina employee, said it is not an official presentation, the public is just going to be able to look over the proposal of what they are going to try and do and where they are going to do it.
“People can go to the Bear Lake State Park’s Facebook page, and they should be able to find the information about the meeting,” she said. “We would like anyone who uses the Bear Lake Marina to attend the meeting.”
Even with the expanded marina they will still have a waiting list for slips because there are more people that want to put their boats there than there are places for them.
“We have been waiting for hours in line to launch their boats,” Wahlberg said. “The Department of Transportation increased the number of lanes coming into the marina, but the lines still stretch out into the highway.”
Bear Lake Watch, a conservation group that watches over the lake, knows there are people excited for the expansion, but there are others who are not. There are some concerns about the location being proposed and if it will have a negative impact on some of the residents and businesses in the area of the marina.
This open house will give those people struggling with the proposal a chance to ask questions about such things as traffic, safety, disruption, the economic impact and other issues associated with the expansion.
For those unable to attend, all materials will be posted on the website, bearlakemarinaexpansion.com.
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