PIA to finish boardwalk construction early

The Petersburg Indian Association is more than two-thirds finished with construction of a boardwalk that starts at Sandy Beach

Park stretching nearly 1,900 feet along the shoreline ending at City Creek.

The trail revamp is likely to finish months ahead of schedule, said Todd Young, who is the foreman. He has six crewmembers working to wrap-up the last third section of the project.

The boardwalk is equipped with a bridge at the entrance, a handicap pathway with ample room, and hundreds of feet of sturdy gravel and wood to hamper potential flooding, Young said.

Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht s...