PORT ANGELES –– Port of Port Angeles commissioners approved Monday a $1.4 million contract to complete stormwater conveyance improvements on Terminal 3.
The port will contract through Glacier Environment Service Inc., a Lynwood construction company that specializes in remedial site work and mechanical system installation.
The project will be over budget because the port’s 2016 budget only allocated $1.2 million for the improvements.
Port staff expect to make up the extra costs through other projects that won’t be completed this year or will come in under budget, according to port documents.
There is no outside funding for the project, so 100 percent of the funding will be from the port’s capital improvement fund.
Though the project is over budget, the Port is saving money on other projects that came in under budget.
The Terminal 1 redevelopment project is expected to be $300,000 under budget and the Port Angeles Boat Haven fuel tank replacement could be $350,000 under budget.
August start
Construction is scheduled to begin Aug. 22 and end Jan. 3, 2017.
Original designs called for piping stormwater under the dock, but the likelihood of maintenance and repair of pipes hanging under the dock would be costly and difficult to perform, port documents say.
The design was changed to focus on surface runoff to convey stormwater back to the upland for collection in underground piping.
Part of the increased costs of the project comes from additional paving of the upland area, which is intended to improve cargo operations and keep stormwater runoff cleaner — requiring less treatment later.
Log trucks currently drive off the pavement onto gravel and back onto pavement, creating constant maintenance of pot holes and sweeping mud from the asphalt.
The added asphalt will allow trucks to stay on pavement.
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