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Bike Dismount Zone; the riverfront walking path near the Don Persson Senior Center is currently underwater
The current weather forecast shows that water could rise potentially another five feet in the Cedar River. We’re currently at 12 feet, and we could go to 17. (Note this is a forecast, subject to change.)
Looking upstream from Renton’s Don Persson Senior Center. Tomorrow and Thursday we’ll begin seeing large floating logs and debris, including whole fallen trees from last year’s bomb cyclone.
Concern Area: This is the view from this afternoon looking downstream from Renton’s Senior Center. If the river level ever rises above the bottom of this Logan Avenue Bridge, the bridge will act like a dam. Water will then accumulate behind the bridge, forming a lake, as it rises enough to overtop the bridge. The Wells Ave and Bronson Way bridges have similar situations upstream (near the library.)
This image shows that if water ever backs up behind the Logan Street Bridge, the Senior Center could be in danger of flooding. This was one of several risks that led us to dredge the river in 1998 and 2016.
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