SEQUIM — Pedal down this trail, away from the highway’s roar and everything seems perfect: bright green grass and tall trees rim your path, the birds are singing, you’re sailing downhill into a blue bay view.
But all is not well with the Whitefeather Way section of the Olympic Discovery Trail.
“We did experience some slope failures this winter. I would call them serious,” said Sequim City Engineer Bill Bullock.
“We don’t know the cause yet” of the gullies formed below the trail section, built last year just east of Whitefeather.
Nor does Bullock know who should go back in and repair the damage.
He’s been corresponding with Parametrix, the Bremerton architectural firm that designed the section, and Lakeside Industries of Port Angeles, the building contractor.
The slope failure, Bullock said, could be the fault of one or both firms.
Last Monday’s City Council study session agenda included a closed executive session to discuss “potential litigation re ODT,” as in a possible lawsuit filed by the city against the trail’s designer or builder.
But since City Attorney Craig Ritchie couldn’t attend the meeting, the closed session wasn’t held.
And there’s no lawsuit yet, Bullock said on Wednesday.
