Lutak Dock repair quote may drop from $33 million

An early estimate of $33 million for replacement of the Lutak Dock might be shaved down considerably with further work by PND Engineers.

Dick Somerville, vice president of PND Engineers’ Juneau office, offered two estimates at the Haines Borough’s “strategic doing” planning session last week.

Replacing the existing sheet pile bulkhead dock with the same footprint would cost about $33 million, Somerville said. Building a pile-supported dock with a concrete deck in the same spot…