OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Autumn construction projects will close some roads — and cause delays on others — throughout the national park on the North Olympic Peninsula, beginning Monday.
An Olympic National Park construction contract of nearly $2 million was issued recently to Erick Ammon, Inc. of Silverdale and Anderson, California, Barb Maynes, park spokeswoman, said in a statement.
Port Angeles-based Bruch and Bruch Construction, Inc. and Northwest Rock, Inc. of Hoquiam are subcontractors on this multi-project contract, she said.
Projects and closures are:
• Elwha Valley, Olympic Hot Springs Road.
The Olympic Hot Springs Road above Altair Campground will be closed for three weeks, beginning Monday.
It will be reopened on Friday, Oct. 22, after crews repair damage from a slide that occurred last winter near the Glines Canyon Dam powerhouse, between the Altair Campground and Glines Canyon Dam.
Access to the Boulder Creek trailhead will be reopened on Saturday, Oct. 23, and the trail will be open to hikers after it had been closed for a $1,037,000 rehabilitation project in mid-August.
The bridge on the trail will be replaced in the summer, park officials said.
Construction of a bypass lane at the Elwha Entrance Station will begin in late October. No closures or delays are expected.
The bypass lane will provide streamlined access for construction traffic associated with removal of the Glines Canyon Dam, scheduled to begin next September.
• Deer Park Road.
The Deer Park Road will be closed Monday through Friday this week for repairs of the narrow gravel road.
The road will be reopened Saturday, Oct. 9 and then will close for the season on Monday, Oct. 18.
• Hurricane Ridge Road.
Several repair projects along the popular Hurricane Ridge Road are scheduled for this fall. The road will remain open, but short delays are possible.
• Staircase Road.
Contractors will perform maintenance on the Staircase entrance road and campground roads during the first two weeks of October.
The road will remain open, but short delays are possible. The campground will remain open.
• Upper Queets Road.
Gravel will be placed and graded this week, from Monday through Friday.
The road will remain open but short delays are possible.
• North Shore Quinault Road.
Contractors will perform maintenance on the North Shore Quinault Road during the first three weeks of October. The road will remain open, but short delays are possible.
For more information, see www.nps.gov/olym or phone the Olympic National Park Visitor Center at 360-565-3130.
