As an international gateway, our airport and seaport operations bring
economic value to the world. Here at home, we're bringing social and cultural
value to the region. Middle Harbor Shoreline Park will open in 2002,
and within offer Oakland its first public beach. The views are some of
the most magnificent in the area and the park will offer an amphitheater
for events and performances.
Since World War II, military use has restricted public
access to the shoreline of the Middle Harbor. As part of the Port's Vision
2000 seaport program, the public will regain access to the former naval
ship basin. Agencies, community representatives and scientists worked
together to design the habitat restoration for the more than 150-acre
water area of the harbor and the integration of the park with the habitat.
Middle Harbor will become an ecological reserve of shallow bay and shoreline
habitats for many species, such as Dungeness crab, flatfish, anchovy,
herring and perch.
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