Port Angeles Harbor boat ramps closed for repairs

Published 12:01 am Wednesday, August 19, 2015

PORT ANGELES — Work should be finished in time for the Labor Day weekend to replace three damaged floats at the Ediz Hook boat launch on Port Angeles Harbor.

Corey Delikat, city parks and recreation director, said one of two launch ramps will remain closed until the floats are rebuilt. The ramp has been closed for about two weeks, he said.

Work crews removed three floats from the westernmost ramp, Delikat said, leaving three of four sections of floats accessible.

Each section has up to 15 floats.

The damaged floats were about ready to snap off and drift away, he said.

Replacing each float costs about $2,500, according to Delikat. The city has spent about $125,000 maintaining the ramps over the past 10 years, he said.

The ramps are used all year, he said.

“Any time we pull them out, there’s going to be some complaints,” he said.

Closing the westernmost ramp produced more objections, Delikat said, because the easternmost ramp has a sharper dropoff at low tide.