PORT TOWNSEND — The Port of Port Townsend checked one capital project off its list as construction crews began on an emergency repair to the breakwater near the entrance of the Boat Haven marina in Port Townsend.

Port officials are considering roughly $16 million in capital projects this year. The emergency repair on the Boat Haven breakwater, which began Monday, is the first to be tackled this year, but also one of the smallest, with a price tag of $206,016.

Most of that $16 million will go to repairs on several port properties, Executive Director Sam Gibboney has said.

In Port Townsend, the Boat Haven marina is getting patched up while port officials plan to completely replace the breakwater at the Point Hudson Marina. That project is estimated to cost between $5 million and $6 million to complete.

The Boat Haven in Port Townsend also was budgeted to get newly remodeled bathrooms in 2017.

That project is estimated to cost around $58,000.

Another large project that is scheduled to break ground in 2017 is a new $1 million runway at the Jefferson County International Airport.

That project is still in the planning stages, but according to the port’s 2017 budget, it won’t be completed until 2018.

The port struggled to find the money for all of these projects in November when it was putting together its 2017 budget.

Gibboney said all projects were needed to ensure the port properties remained safe and usable for the public.

Many of the projects are repairing or replacing infrastructure that has been around since the 1930s or 1960s, according to Gibboney.

No dates have been finalized for the 2017 capital projects and none of them is on the agendas for the port commissioners’ meetings today: a morning workshop at 9:30 a.m. and a 1 p.m. business meeting, held in the port commission building at 333 Benedict St.

Agenda items include an industrial development district and action on commission meeting procedures.

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Jefferson County Editor/Reporter Cydney McFarland can be reached at 360-385-2335, ext. 55052, or at cmcfarland@peninsuladailynews.com.

Workers from the American Construction Co. survey progress on the Boat Haven marina breakwater, the first of many capital projects the Port of Port Townsend plans to complete this year. (Cydney McFarland/Peninsula Daily News)