Everett Port Commission Authorizes Staff to Bid Last Upland Clean Up for Marina District

At a recent meeting, the Port of Everett Commission authorized staff to solicit bids for the final clean up of the Everett Shipyard upland, a 6-acre site in the heart of the Marina District. 

The area was home to a ship repair operation for many years until 2009, when Everett Shipyard, now owned by Vigor Marine, moved its operations to the port’s deep-water shipping terminals. By cleaning up the site, the port intends to create a healthy environment and restore the economic prosperity to the area. 

In late 2012, the port removed all the buildings from the site, which has been identified in the recently adopted Marina District Development Strategy as the "early action area.” It will include a mix of housing, restaurants, hospitality and marina improvements. 

The project will include demolition of remaining foundations, slabs, excavation and removal of approximately 17,000 tons of contaminated soil and site restoration by way of grading, gravel and asphalt. This work is anticipated to cost between $2 million and $2.5 million. The contract is expected to be awarded in June, with work to begin in July and be completed in early 2014. 

The port will then move to the in-water portion of the clean-up project, which includes dredging to remove contaminated sediment, removing the marine railway that serviced the shipyard, removing the port’s boat haul-out and replacing the old timber bulkhead. Public walkways and realignment of the marina slips will occur in subsequent construction phases. The in-water clean-up work will go out to bid in mid-2014. 

The clean-up efforts are being led by the port under a legal agreement (consent decree) with the Washington State Department of Ecology. Financing is coming from the port, an Ecology Remedial Action Grant and settlement funds from Everett Shipyard.

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