PORT TOWNSEND — City Manager David Timmons was breathing easier Thursday after learning that repairs on a recently discovered deteriorated inner brick City Hall wall will cost less than anticipated.
City engineers and renovation contractors spent a week determining the extent of repairs to mortar that over decades turned into sand, the result of weather damage.
“The initial report is back and says that it’s not as bad as it looks,” Timmons said.
“It’s better than we expected.”
Timmons said he expects the exact cost estimate by early next week.
Initial concerns are that the repair cost would surpass the project’s $180,000 contingency fund.
The $5.4 million City Hall and annex earthquake retrofit and renovation project began in January and is scheduled for completion by the end of the year.