Repair of a structural crack recently discovered in one of the Letnikof Harbor pontoon floats could add up to $45,000 onto the project’s price tag.
Work at the Letnikof Harbor revealed the one-and-a-half-inch thick crack in the steel, foam-filled pontoon May 2. The crack runs along the entire circumference of the pontoon.
Haines Borough public facilities director Carlos Jimenez said it’s hard to say why the pontoon cracked. “The crack didn’t happen this year.…

