Note, 4:10 p.m. Wednesday: Just got word that weather Thursday, with high swells, will prevent installation of the dock, which has been rescheduled to Friday.
The Manchester dock and boat launch facility will be closed
Thursday as the Port of Manchester replaces the south dock.
Both the north and south docks will be off limits so crews from
Marine Floats of Tacoma have room the maneuver, said Dennis
O’Connell the port’s contract administrator. The north dock will
reopen Saturday, if all goes well.
Both the north and south
docks will be off limits Thursday, as crews from Marine Floats of
Tacoma need room the maneuver, said Dennis O’Connell the port’s
contract administrator. The north dock will reopen on Friday, and
both docks will be open for the weekend, if all goes
well.
The port commission approved the contract with Marine Floats in
June to replace the deteriorating south dock, installed in 1996. A
grant from the state’s Recreation and Conservation Office covered
75 percent of the total cost, $128,954. The port contributed a 25
percent grant match, covered through its property tax levy and boat
launch fees.
The port will seek RCO grant funding to replace the north dock in
2013. The north dock was built in 1998.
