PORT ANGELES — Clallam County has awarded a $419,748 bid to a Sumner company to install new guardrails along 11 county roads.
“They’re all over the county,” County Engineer Ross Tyler said.
Commissioners voted 3-0 Tuesday to award the contract to Petersen Bros. Inc., which submitted the only bid.
Work on the safety project will commence as soon as the paperwork is signed, sealed and delivered.
“This is a direct result of a federal grant we got,” Tyler said.
Guardrails will be installed on short, single stretches of Palo Alto, Louella, Port Williams, Deer Park, Ennis Creek, Dan Kelly and Eden Valley roads, as well as Sequim-Dungeness Way.
East Sequim Bay and Hoko-Ozette roads will get new or newly maintained barriers in multiple places.
Old Olympic Highway will get a new guardrail on a relatively long, 2.15-mile segment west of Agnew.
Tyler said engineers “don’t like throwing up guardrails everywhere” because of the potential for barrier crashes.
He added that the safety project targets areas with steep embankments to prevent more serious wrecks.
Although the bid came in slightly above the estimate, Tyler said the price was within an “acceptable” range.
In other board action, commissioners Tuesday appointed Jeanne LaBrecque to the county Board of Health and Dan Leinan to the Opportunity Fund Board.
Reporter Rob Ollikainen can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5072, or at rollikainen@peninsuladailynews.com.