Gap between barriers another harbor hurdle

The Haines Borough’s Small Boat Harbor expansion project just can’t catch a break.

Another obstacle has surfaced in the form of the 20-foot gap between the existing rubble mound breakwater and the proposed steel wave barrier.

The Army Corps of Engineers, the agency responsible for issuing the 408 permit integral to the project’s continuation, is concerned about potential wave transmission through the gap, said borough harbormaster Shawn Bell.

“The Army Corps is wanting to have that…