PORT ANGELES — The City Council unanimously approved a $119,240 change order for The Gateway transit center Tuesday, but the final cost of the two-year-old facility remains undetermined.
The change order approved by the Port Angeles City Council will reimburse Primo Construction of Carlsborg for additional work the contractor had to perform after a large crack was found in the transit center’s foundation.
How that cost will be split between the city and Clallam Transit, the project’s partners, remains to be determined.
Approximately another $500,000 remains to be disputed with another contractor.
The Clallam Transit board approved the change order Monday. The nine-member board includes two Port Angeles City Council members: Pat Downie and Max Mania.
Primo Construction had sought $195,094. Through a mediation process that ended last month, the company and Clallam Transit came to an agreement on the lower figure.
Opened in 2008
Completion of the downtown facility was delayed seven months while the crack was fixed. It opened in June 2009.
The cost of the project was last tallied at $15.4 million. Clallam Transit attorney Craig Miller told the council that enough money exists in The Gateway fund to cover the cost.
The project was last budgeted at $14.7 million.
The facility includes a transit lane, a plaza and two parking garages.
Next, Clallam Transit, the facility’s owner, plans to seek around $500,000 from Krei Architecture, which designed The Gateway, for other costs caused by the delay.
Clallam Transit General Manager Terry Weed said that amount will likely include the additional funds going to Primo.
“I would guess that would be a part of the package,” he said.
To start immediately
Miller said he will start on that claim immediately.
The Gateway project was paid for with $8.1 million in federal and state grants, $500,000 from Clallam Transit and the rest coming from the city.
The Federal Transit Administration has awarded the project another $550,000 grant, which Clallam Transit has yet to receive, Miller said.
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Reporter Tom Callis can be reached at 360-417-3532 or at tom.callis@peninsuladailynews.com.
