This upcoming Wednesday, June 2, organizers will hold their second planning meeting for a new 50-acre waterfront park slated to be built in Oakland at the foot of the eastern span of the Bay Bridge.

At the workshop design concepts for the Bay Bridge Gateway Park will be presented for the public to comment on in small group discussions.

The redevelopment site is a 1.5-mile-long strip that begins near the toll plaza and runs along the shore of Outer Oakland Harbor across from the Port of Oakland.

The idea for such a park was born more than a decade ago by the Bay Bridge design team but currently is without funding. Nine government bodies, including the City of Oakland, Caltrans and the East Bay Regional Park District are working together to develop plans for the park.

The first meeting, held Feb. 25, focused on hearing from members of the public what their big ideas were.

The group will produce a Project Study Report in September that will detail what steps need to be taken to create the park.

Renovations of the Bay Bridge itself are targeted to be completed in 2013.

If you go:

Time: June 2, 6 to 9 p.m.

Where: Auditorium of Caltrans building, 111 Grand Ave.

Contact:contact@baybridgegatewaypark.org;or (510) 817-5988