This summer, local residents will be able to picnic, play, and savor the views along Chelsea Creek once marred by a field of oil tanks, as a result of an agreement between Chelsea and a road-salt storage company.

Eastern Minerals is constructing a new park on part of the former Coastal Oil property along Chelsea Creek, adjacent to the company’s salt storage facility on Marginal Street. The project is part of a deal with the city that enabled Eastern to use another portion of the former Coastal site to store a second salt pile.