The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced that it has awarded an approximately $30 million construction contract with Astoria, Ore.-based Big River Construction to repair the North Jetty at the entrance to Grays Harbor near Ocean Shores, Wash.
The century-old boulder berm was damaged by winter storms and wave overtopping, which left portions narrowed along the crest, according to hoodline.com. Local officials said an effective jetty is needed to keep the Port of Grays Harbor's navigation channel open for deep-draft vessels.
The USACE Seattle District said in a March 5 announcement that the repair work will run from the jetty head to the tail.
Crews will replace displaced armor stone in the hardest-hit stretches, while rebuilding parts of the jetty crest with land-based heavy equipment working along the top.
USACE project images include a haul-route map that will send trucks full of quarry rock down Ocean Shores Boulevard to the work zones, hoodline.com reported. It also identified staging areas and defined the limits of construction activity.
The USACE will pay for any pavement or right-of-way damages caused by the heavy truck traffic, The Daily World reported.
Construction is expected to stretch across multiple building seasons as crews rebuild sections of the jetty profile and work to keep the navigation channel secure for harbor traffic. Nov. 1, 2029, is the target date for project completion. ♣
