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Allyn identifies replacing pier pilings as a priority

Plan is to request $500,000 for Allyn’s pilings

Port of Allyn lobbyist Holli Cocci reviewed the port’s priorities and what she will be requesting from the Legislature during its “long” 105-day session that begins Jan. 9.

She spoke to the commission Dec. 19.

Cocci noted the port’s pier is a primary priority, so she ceded the floor to Port of Allyn Executive Director Lary Coppola, who said the pier’s pilings are deteriorating.

Coppola said the piling beneath the alcove on the pier has rotted out, compelling the port to close that section of the pier.

Coppola suggested removing the existing creosote pilings and installing new concrete pilings, with either concrete or composite decking.

Coppola recommended Cocci start looking for planning money toward that end, which Commissioner Judy Scott agreed sounded like “a long-term solution.”

Fellow Commissioner John Sheridan agreed, saying it was “pretty much a no-brainer for me,” while Commissioner Ted Jackson pointed out that removing creosote from Puget Sound would be looked upon favorably by the state departments of Ecology, and Fish and Wildlife, in addition to improving the port’s overall habitat for shellfish.

Jackson anticipated the port could solicit some support, not only from area shellfish companies, but also from the Squaxin Island Tribe in rebuilding the pier with “more ecology-friendly products.”

While Sheridan was amenable to concrete pilings, he favored composite decking.

Cocci told the commission she would work with Coppola to determine estimates so they could start conversations about design.

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Kirk Boxleitner, Reporter

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