Statter Harbor may feel some growing pains next summer as the city continues to modernize its Auke Bay harbor.
The first phase of the Statter Harbor improvement project include plans to demolish and rebuild DeHarts, and update existing Statter Harbor infrastructure, Carl Uchytil, docks and harbors director for the City and Borough of Juneau, said at the Chamber of Commerce lunch lecture on Thursday. This work, combined with planned construction at Auke Bay Elementary School and Department of Transportation work on its nearby roundabout spells bad news for users of Statter’s current small boat launch.
“Next year, it is going to stink here if you have a trailer,” Uchytil said.
CBJ awarded Pacific Pile and Marine an $8.3 million contract to complete the first phase.
The second phase at Statter is scheduled to rebuild the boat launch facility. CBJ has the funding to go forward with phase two and is currently going through the permitting process.
Phase three calls for construction of a boat haul-out and boat yard.
The Statter Harbor project will require 4.1 acres of fill.
“We’re pretty confident that we will go out for bids next spring,” Uchytil said.
A $5.4 million CBJ project to improve the Mike Pusich Douglas Harbor has been ongoing since 2007. The project was delayed by a “logjam with permitting,” Uchytil said. However, they may soon get a facelift since the Army Corp of Engineers Alaska said it would complete an environmental assessment for the project.
The project passed a milestone when work on the harbor breakwater was completed. Docks and harbors is considering a floating gangway for pedestrians to “add recreational opportunities to the breakwater,” Uchytil said.
Passage of Juneau’s 1 percent sales tax extension allows Docks and Harbors to kick off its $18 million Aurora Harbor project.
With the tax, CBJ can finish the first two phases of the three-phase project. The $4 million phase one upgrades A and B floats. While phase two, at $7million brings it down to about where the houseboats are.
A discussion of the Aurora Harbor rebuild is scheduled to follow a CIP discussion at the next Docks and Harbor’s board meeting October 17.
Docks and Harbors CIP/Planning Committee Meeting, Yacht Club immediately following: Aurora Harbor Rebuild Project.
For more information on CBJ Docks and Harbor projects visit www.juneau.org/harbors/hot_issues.php
• Contact reporter Russell Stigall at 523-2276 or at russell.stigall@juneauempire.com.
Comments (13)
Add commenthouseboats vs. boathouses
I believe the term you're looking for is boathouse. Houseboats are floating dwellings for people, and the houseboats in Aurora are along the main float. Boathouses are structures for boats; I think those are around floats I or J...
Yacht Club
That's an interesting place. Very interesting location, but I rarely hear of anything happening there. Who runs it? What is its purpose? Could more be done to make it a more vital part of the community?
What?
" include plans to demolish and rebuild DeHarts" - I'm guessing you mean the the dock, not the store!
Boat Launch
I don't know how launching a boat there could get any worse than it already is. That place has to be the worst designed boat launch area in all of Southeast.
NEW Auke Bay Launch Ramps
"The second phase at Statter is scheduled to rebuild the boat launch facility. CBJ has the funding to go forward with phase two and is currently going through the permitting process."
don't hold yer breath boaters....word on the street is the 2 nearby Condo Associations have both hired Lawyers to fight the new launch ramp project...prob won't see new launch ramps at Auke Bay for YEARS!!
Mike Pusich / Douglas Harbor?
Mike Pusich / Douglas Harbor?
I understand that families want to name things after a family member but what about the rest of us? We all have family members to. Many of us grew up here and changing names of our public places is a sentimental thing.
Maybe just have it so new streets can be personalized but leave the names of our public places as they are. These old names are part of public history to.
For example: Evergreen Bowl is now Cope Park. I grew up and learned to swim at Evergreen Bowl.
Douglas Ramp Often Unusable
The breakwater at the Douglas boat ramp that seems to be perpetually manned by guys doing very little is pretty useless at keeping debries from clogging up the north ramp. Unless you have a Usabelli coal type truck and a trailer with 10 foot tires you usually can't use the north ramp because of all of the logs, deer carcasses,oil drums and whatever else floats in there. CBJ should fix that before building another launch ramp.
@Jumpstart
They did.
http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-03-30/pusichs-name-placed-douglas-har...
Mickey - I think the Docks
Mickey - The Docks and Harbor Board members approved the name change. I grew up in Douglas my father and family also invested a life time building this community.
We all grow attached to the names of the places where we grow up, so I think we should leave these names alone.
New places can be named after loved ones but we need to also show respect to existing names of our old places. Its part of our history.
Jumpstart - no argument here
However, your original post - which you have now changed - stated that you thought the public should be asked. My point is that the public were, in fact, given ample opportunity to comment.
@ lat - wedding receptions!!
@ lat - wedding receptions!!
Mikey, I did change my
Mikey, I did change my comment for clarification.
But I also think there is a big difference between allowing for public comment and getting the public’s approval.
CBJ really gets things by - on the sly- by saying "well, we allowed for public comment"
I think there needs to be more time allowed for public input and a better way to inform the public on pending, upcoming issues etc..
Harbor upgrade could cause boat launch woes
So now,not only are we going to have to dance around the ramp with the tour bus idiots,construction as well.Thats just #$@!^%n great.At least i'll save 95$ for not using the ramp.
@ Eric p
uhhhh...dude....tour season is OVER...construction on the new floats at Auke Bay will be done by May...the "NEW" launch ramps which are planned across from Squires Rest will prob be YEARS down the road due to the LEGAL protests filed by the Condo Associations