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Recent parks coverage from Humboldt County, including local decisions, public meetings, and civic updates.
Council action on May 5 moved the Halvorsen Park Trail Project into construction by awarding the contract to GR Sundberg, Inc. and setting aside $400,000 for the work.
City council members received an update on roughly $21 million in completed work and about $41 million in projects still underway, with questions about paving, solar readiness, dredging and boat-launch funding.
Finance officials advanced a maximum $125 million climate-bond contribution for the 161-acre shoreline acquisition, but lawmakers raised equity concerns over whether Proposition 4 money should go to park-poor communities instead.
