Pepper Park’s long-awaited transformation in National City is set to kick off this summer. Port commissioners awarded on Tuesday a $7.3 million construction contract to San Diego-based De La …
Pepper Park was approved for a construction contract to add multiple amenities including a splash pad, perched beach and more. Port commissioners on Tuesday awarded a $7.3 million construction contract to San Diego-based De La Fuente Construction, the lowest bidder in a pool of three. A fourth applicant had withdrawn their bid.
“This first phase will dramatically change and improve how the public uses and enjoys the park, and it’s just the beginning,” Port Chairperson Frank Urtasun said in a statement. “The future phase will bring a bigger park for the National City Bayfront with even more for the community and visitors to experience and enjoy.”
Built in 1970, Pepper Park is north of the Sweetwater Channel and east of the Marine Terminal. It has a fishing pier and launch ramp and over the years it has expanded with a playground, landscaping, parking lot and an aquatic center. “Pepper Park provides the community refuge from surrounding industry that has profound impacts on their physical and social wellbeing,” Bertha Rodriguez, a policy advocate for the Environmental Health Coalition, told Port commissioners on Tuesday.
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