Channel Construction is planning a new barge landing at its facility on Channel Drive.<\/p>\n
On Aug. 5, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that the Juneau construction company had applied for permission to build a barge ramp that would allow side-loading barges to operate at its site next to the Douglas Island Pink and Chum salmon hatchery.<\/p>\n
A Corps of Engineers permit is required before construction begins on projects that affect the \u201cwaters of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n
The company already has a nose-in barge landing on Channel Drive.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we\u2019re doing is right now, that facility, you can offload a ramp barge there, but you can\u2019t offload a regular barge off the side of it,\u201d explained Chris Gerondale, the Corps-designated agent for the project. \u201cChannel\u2019s just looking at ways to have their facility more usable to better serve them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Construction of the barge ramp would involve depositing about 8,600 cubic yards of clean rock into a space of less than half an acre. Mooring dolphins next to the ramp would involve pile-driving.<\/p>\n
Gerondale said no timeline has been set for construction; the Corps of Engineers notice is simply a permit application.<\/p>\n
Contact Randal Vigil at 790-4491 or Randal.P.Vigil@usace.army.mil to submit a comment on the proposal.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Contact reporter James Brooks at 523-2258 or james.k.brooks@juneauempire.com.<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
More news:<\/strong><\/p>\n One of Juneau’s oldest bars is getting a new name and new look<\/a><\/p>\n Witness steps in, stops attempted robber downtown, police say<\/a><\/p>\n