PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Discovery Trail can, too, get there from there. Clallam County commissioners Tuesday approved advertising for bids to build the trail from Sequim to Blyn — and thus complete the hiking/biking/equestrian route from the tip of Ediz Hook to the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Center.
The work — mostly paving — is expected to cost between $250,000 and $300,000, said County Engineer Ross Tyler.
Now, only a route through the west side of Port Angeles and along the old Milwaukee Road railway grade remains to be built for the trail to run from Blyn to the Elwha River.
Farther west, the county sought a grant from the state Recreation and Conservation Office to finish the segment called the Adventure Route — because it is suitable only for hikers, road bikers and equestrians — from the Elwha to Lake Crescent at a cost of $150,000.
Also last month, the county received an easement from the U.S. Forest Service to continue the trail from the lake to just east of the top of Fairholm Hill.
