BELLLINGHAM, WA – Part of the Bellingham waterfront will see a makeover in the near future.

The Port of Bellingham announced plans to move forward with a major cleanup of the I & J Waterway next summer.

The waterway is a three-acre site next to the Hotel Bellwether that is owned by both the Port and the state.

It contains contaminated marine sediments that are the remains of various industrial activities over the past hundred years.

The Port says the contamination has to be addressed due to the state’s toxic cleanup laws.

The I & J Waterway is one of 12 Bellingham Bay Cleanup sites that are targeted to be restored and cleared of contaminated sediment.

For more information about the I &J Waterway site, visit here.

For more information about the Bellingham Bay Cleanup project, visit the Dept. of Ecology website.