PORT TOWNSEND — Caicos Corp. will return to Point Hudson Marina to finish dredging this winter after the Port of Port Townsend commissioners approved on Tuesday a $70,000 change-order authorizing the work.
“They could resume work anytime,” said Larry Crockett, port executive director.
The job requires a barge, and must be completed before the state fish migration season window closes on Feb. 15, Crockett said.
The migration season continues through July 15, and the state allows no work in the water during that period.
Port Gamble-based Caicos completed the $3.4 million project in 2006, but Crockett said that additional dredging was needed around the marina’s perimeter.
Permit delays
Permits from the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, Department of Natural Resources and the Corps of Engineers delayed the final work.
A dredging barge has removed some 11,000 cubic yards of dredge material already, which was hauled away and dumped at an approved location.
Caicos replaced docks, floats, boat moorage slips, a haul-out pier and added gangways, after the port and a citizen advisory committee redesigned the marina to add about 30 percent more capacity.
Caicos removed 174 pilings during the project.
Creosote covered pilings were taken to the Kimberly Clark toilet paper mill in Everett where they will be used as hog fuel to produce power, the port executive said.
The final design by the port-contracted Reid Middleton engineering firm of Everett was drawn up with the help of boat owners and marine trades representatives inside the community.
It includes special moorage for kayaks, and handicapped-access gangways at the north and south entries.
The project included 570 feet of linear moorage to the marina’s south, and small- and up to 70-foot boat slips on the facility’s northern half.
Depending on their size, between 75 and 150 boats can be moored.
The project was part of the port’s 20-year capital improvements plan for the 73-year-old Point Hudson former military site.
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Port Townsend-Jefferson County Editor Jeff Chew can be reached at 360-385-2335 or at jeff.chew@peninsuladailynews.com.
