Welcome to Skagit County
May 24th, 2011
Skagit County to hold
ribbon cutting ceremony for Anacortes Ferry Dock Rehabilitation Project and
Guemes Island Ferry Dock Repair Project, June 7, 2011
SKAGIT COUNTY - On June
7, 2011 at 1:30 p.m., Skagit County will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony for
the Anacortes Ferry Dock Rehabilitation Project and the Guemes Island Ferry
Dock Repair Project. The ceremony will take place at the Guemes Island Ferry
Terminal located at 500 I Avenue, Anacortes. The public is encouraged to attend.
The Anacortes portion of the combined project included the replacement of bridge
bearings and 10 pre-stressed concrete bridge girders, new bridge and pedestrian
railings, and new asphalt paving of the bridge deck. The Guemes Island project
included the placement of new steel bridge girders, a cast-in-place concrete
bridge deck, a reconstructed bridge cap beam, replacement of bridge bearings,
and new bridge and pedestrian railings.
The projects were made possible by grants from the Ferry Boat Discretionary
fund and the Bridge Replacement Advisory Committee.
For more information, contact Jennifer Swanson at jennifers@co.skagit.wa.us
or at (360) 419-3490.