PORT TOWNSEND — Another round of removing creosote-tainted pilings in Jefferson County commences along the Port Townsend waterfront beginning next week, a state Department of Natural Resources official says.
Quigg Bros. Inc. of Aberdeen, the company that last removed pilings in Port Angeles Harbor, is expected to tow in its 120-foot crane barge to resume work that last took place in Port Townsend in early 2007.
The project will include pilings removal at Indian Point, the old railroad trestle fronting the Port of Port Townsend’s Boat Haven shipyard, and pilings sites at Old Fort Townsend State Park south of Port Townsend, Fort Flagler State Park on Marrowstone Island and the Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building’s old pier on the Lower Hadlock waterfront.
“I think work will go into October,” David Roberts, DNR aquatic lands regional manager overseeing the project, said Monday at Jefferson County Courthouse after presenting a project update to the county commissioners.
