SEQUIM — Construction of a system connecting Sequim Bay State Park to the city’s sewage treatment plant is expected to start late this summer or in early fall.
Rob Kirkwood, an engineer with the state park system in Olympia, said Wednesday that a Port Angeles-based consultant has been hired to design the half-mile-long transmission system that will carry park effluent into a city sewer main.
Kirkwood would not comment on whether the system is being designed because of septic system failures.
The sewer system currently terminates at Sequim Bay Lodge, 268522 U.S. Highway 101.
The line was extended to the motel several years ago after the business’ septic system failed.
Kirkwood said the cost of designing the sewage transmission system and connecting to the sewer main is about $500,000.
The park septic system was built in the early 1970s.
Sequim Bay State Park has spaces for 85 campers and recreational vehicles as well as a boat ramp and a dock on Sequim Bay.
The park is at capacity most nights between Memorial and Labor days.
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