OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK— A $12.7 million contract to repair 12 miles of Hurricane Ridge Road has been awarded to Lakeside Industries of Port Angeles.
The contract, which was awarded on Thursday, involves a two-year renovation of a five-mile portion of the road, a written statement from the Federal Highway Administration said.
The total cost of the contract is $12,722,343, the federal agency said.
Repairs of three portions of the road that were damaged during a Dec. 3 storm will be folded into the contract, but that portion of the contract has not been negotiated yet, Olympic National Park spokeswoman Barb Maynes said.
Maynes said she did not know when construction would begin.
“That is very, very weather dependent,” she said.
The road will be accessible to drivers throughout construction.
The contract calls for a maximum of 20-minute delays, and that at least one lane of traffic must be open during the entire period of construction, Maynes said.
“There may be some times where they are replacing a culvert or something that will go across the whole road, but those closures will be short and must be approved by the park.
“We are doing everything we can to minimize the impact.”
