The project consists of installing more than 1000 feet of new floating dock and supporting access utility and safety infrastructure within the existing harbor

This $9,490,000 federal Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (CFDA 20.823 - Port Infrastructure Development Program), will fund the installation of over 1,000 feet of new floating dock and supporting access, utility, and safety infrastructure within the existing harbor in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska. The project will double the harbor's capacity, increasing moorage space from 254 to approximately 1,308 linear feet to accommodate vessels of all sizes. Key components include furnishing and installing the floating dock system, constructing a new access trestle, gangway, and landing float, and implementing utility upgrades such as potable water, fire protection, electrical, and lighting systems. This grant award will help the Aleutians East Borough complete its long-term efforts to fully develop the community's harbor infrastructure and enhance maritime commerce capabilities.

The project will complete the aleutians east boroughs long-term efforts to fully build out the communitys harbor. Activities to be performed the project consists of installing more than 1000 feet of new floating dock and supporting access utility and safety infrastructure within the existing harbor. The floating dock consists of installing a new prefabricated treated timber floating dock within the existing harbor in addition to in water and upland improvements. The project includes furnishing and installing the floats trestle gangway and landing float furnishing and driving steel piles installing potable water systems and installing fire protection electrical lighting cathodic protection and other safety systems. Constructing the floating dock will bring the facility to full utilization and double its capacity increasing moorage space in the harbor from 254 lineal feet LF to roughly 1308 LF for vessels of all sizes. The project consists of two components component 1 construction management all activities to review bids and award the construction contract and contractor procurement and submittals. Construction phase services technical support during construction and construction contract close out activities e g responding to rfis verifying as constructed red line drawings etc. All project close out activities. Component 2 sand point floating dock installation and construction installation of a float system referred to as float a which will be prefabricated and americans with disabilities ADA compliant for vessel moorage. The float will consist of individual float sections materials include treated timber decking and plastic flotation material connected into a single system. The float system will be about 12 feet FT wide and about 1054 LF long. The float system will be secured with up to 92 new galvanized steel pipe piles up to 24 inches in diameter or less includes all piles to also support access trestle and gangway. Installation of three prefabricated transformer floats about 12 FT long by 6 FT wide to support the electrical system upgrades for the main float. Installation of a prefabricated aluminum gangway about 80 FT long by 6 FT wide for float access. Installation of a new prefabricated ADA compliant gangway landing float about 20 FT long and 20 FT wide for float access secured by up to two new galvanized steel pipe piles 24 inches in diameter or less to stabilize the float. Construction of a treated timber decked steel pile supported access trestle with a from the top of the existing harbor bulkhead wall to the gangway. The trestle deck will be 30 FT long by 20 FT wide. Up to 15 cubic yards CY of existing rock RIP RAP along the shoreline may need to be moved to the side reworked and possibly replaced(with up to 5 CY of clean rock once the trestle support piles have been installed. Approximately 20 CY of fill will be placed in the uplands above the high tide line HTL to grade the approach to the new trestle. Power and lighting cables will run from the new access trestle down the gangway and into the float systems utility chaseways. The new power lines will daylight from the shoreline slope at an elevation of 4 FT mean lower low water mllw. Up to two concrete anchor blocks 2 FT by 2 FT by 2 FT in size will hold the lines in place at this daylight location. Potable water and fire protection lines will run from the existing power and water connections located on the uplands adjacent to the proposed new access trestle through a 6 FT deep average 4 FT wide trench to the shoreline. The trench for the water and fire protection line is anticipated to displace up to 20 CY of fill material and 7 CY of armor rock below HTL. The potable water and dry standpipe fire protection systems will submerge approximately 1100 LF of 3 inch and 4 inch high density polyethylene hdpe pipe and 60 LF of 3 inch and 4 inch flexible hose below mhhw. Flexible hoses will connect the buried lines to the floating docks. Chains may be used to weigh down the lines so that they remain submerged until they connect to the float system. Deliverables expected outcomes performance measure table from schedule g page 10 of the grant agreement measure category and description reportable events safety quality of life total number of reportable events per year. Annual. Vessel calls economic competitiveness vessel type and or freight capacity of the vessels calling to the area defined in the project study area. Quarterly intended beneficiary aleutians east borough. Subrecipient activities none.