PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners Tuesday opened a $225,275 bid from Lakeside Industries to pave the Olympic Discovery Trail from Kacee Way west of Port Angeles to the 10th Street trailhead inside the city.
The popular 2.5-mile segment will be paved later this construction season, County Engineer Ross Tyler said after the commissioners’ meeting.
The lone bid from the Port Angeles contractor was referred to the road department for a review and a recommendation back to the three-member Board of County Commissioners.
Most of the funding comes from the Federal Highway Administration. The county is asking the city to chip in to finish paving inside the city.
The project is budgeted in the county’s six-year transportation improvement program.
The 10th Street trailhead is located at the intersection of 10th Street and Milwaukee Drive in west Port Angeles.
A gravel Olympic Discovery Trail follows the Milwaukee railroad grade on a west-by-southwest heading to the west edge of the city along the boundary of the William R. Fairchild International Airport.
The trail crosses the city’s new bridge over Dry Creek before leaving the city at Kacee Way and Lower Elwha Road.
A gravel ODT parallels Kacee Way a short distance before it drops into the Elwha Valley as a paved, dedicated trail that eventually crosses the Elwha River on a suspended footbridge on the county’s 3-year-old Elwha Bridge.
Reporter Rob Ollikainen can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5072, or at rollikainen@peninsuladailynews.com.
