PORT ANGELES — Improvements to sewer and stormwater systems at the site of Olympic Medical Center’s new office building will start today and last six weeks, depending on the weather.
The project will require temporary traffic and parking revisions in the block bounded by Georgiana, Race and Washington streets, across Caroline Street from the main hospital, according to Eric Walrath, project manager for the city of Port Angeles,
Improving the sewers will cost OMC $70,000 in a contract with the city.
During construction of the medical office building, contractors also will raze buildings in the block, relocate electrical lines and vacate the alley between Caroline and Georgiana streets.
Fencing has been erected around the block, and demolition should start at the end of this week to make way for the two-story, 42,587-square-foot, $15.6 million building.
A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for Sept. 22, and construction is expected to last 13 months.
The new building will include examination rooms, doctors’ offices, laboratories, and primary-care and urgent-care clinics.