PORT TOWNSEND — The Port of Port Townsend will conduct an open house Tuesday to provide updates and hear comments on renovations at the Boat Haven Marina.
The open house will be from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the port administration building, 2701 Jefferson St., and will focus on the restroom and laundry building renovations at the Boat Haven Marina.
“It’s really an opportunity for people to engage with us,” said Kimberly Matej, port communications manager.
Port officials will review plans for the project at the open house, Matej said. Drawings of the finished product will be available from the architect. Mark Horton, the project manager contracted by the port, will be on hand to answer questions.
This is just one of a few capital projects the port is tackling this year.
On June 30, port commissioners approved a $159,956 contract with Nordland Construction NW, Inc., for the workyard resurfacing project at the Boat Haven Marina.
The local business will be responsible for excavating the surfaces and laying new gravel in a few places around the workyard to cut down on dust, according to Horton, the project’s engineer.
The work is scheduled to be completed by Sept. 1 and Horton said work likely will begin in the next few weeks.
“The commissioners just approved the bid so we still need to schedule the work,” Horton said. “We also have to move a few boats around so work will be scheduled between now and September.”
One of the largest projects now in progress is the replacement of the Point Hudson breakwater.
The port is in the permitting process for that project and, with the exception of the building permit from the city, all the federal, state and local permits are expected to be completed by August, according to the first draft of the port’s 2018 operating and capital budget development schedule.
The entire project, which would replace the north and south breakwaters that protect Point Hudson, is expected to cost more than $5 million.
The project will be in two phases. Phase one will be the replacement of the south breakwater; that part of the project is expected be completed by February 2019. Phase two will be the north breakwater. Construction is scheduled for July 2019.
Partial funding comes from a Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG) that it was awarded in 2015. Port officials plan to apply for another BIG grant to fund phase two.
The consultant on the Point Hudson breakwater project is Mott MacDonald, Inc., an Edmonds civil and coastal engineering firm.
Mott MacDonald will be paid $330,000 for the final designs for both phases as well as construction management of phase one, Matej said.
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Jefferson County Editor/Reporter Cydney McFarland can be reached at 360-385-2335, ext. 55052, or at cmcfarland@peninsuladailynews.com.
