PORT ANGELES — Clallam County has secured additional state funds to pave and widen Dry Creek Road southwest of Port Angeles.
Commissioners Mike Chapman and Mark Ozias on Tuesday approved an agreement with the state County Road Administration Board to increase Rural Arterial Trust Account funding for the project from $369,509 to $559,509.
The $190,000 difference will be applied to other road projects in Clallam County’s six-year Transportation Improvement Program, County Engineer Ross Tyler said.
Commissioner Bill Peach was absent Tuesday because he was recovering from a surgery.
All three commissioners endorsed the agreement with the County Road Administration Board in a May 2 work session.
Dry Creek Road will be widened and resurfaced between U.S. Highway 101 and Edgewood Drive in 2018, Tyler said Tuesday.
A similar widening project will take place next year on Lower Elwha Road between Edgewood Drive and Kacee Way.
Utilities will be moved underground along the affected section of Lower Elwha Road later this year, with road reconstruction scheduled to begin next spring, Tyler said.
Clallam County was able to secure additional funding for Dry Creek Road because other counties had diverted road funds, making them ineligible for the Rural Arterial Trust Account, commissioners learned last week.
“The money’s still there, so those of us that are still in compliance get to tap into that,” Tyler said in the May 2 work session.
In other board action, commissioners Tuesday passed a proclamation recognizing Sunday as National Peace Officers’ Memorial Day.
Sheriff Bill Benedict and Undersheriff Ron Cameron accepted the proclamation.
The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office will host a public bell-ringing ceremony in recognition of National Peace Officers’ Memorial Day at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Veterans Memorial Park, 217 S. Lincoln St., Port Angeles.
The Friday ceremony will honor Clallam County Sheriff’s Deputy Wally Davis, who was killed in the line of duty Aug. 5, 2000, and National Forest Service Officer Kristine Fairbanks, who was killed in the line of duty Sept. 20, 2008.
Davis’ daughter, Jessie Davis, will sing at the memorial.
Fairbanks’ daughter, Port Angeles Police Officer Whitney Fairbanks, also will attend the ceremony, the sheriff’s office said.
The American Legion Riders will present flags, the Marine Corps League will give a 21-gun salute and play taps, and Thomas McCurdy will play bagpipes at the sixth annual event.
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