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Olympic Hot Springs Road Closed
The Elwha Valley's Olympic Hot Springs Road is closed to public entry beyond the Altair Campground during removal of the Glines Canyon Dam. Olympic Hot Springs is not accessible from the Elwha.
NPS Issues Pre-Solicitation Notice for Elwha Construction Project
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Contact: Barb Maynes, 360-565-3005
The National Park Service has issued a pre-solicitation notice for construction of the Port Angeles Water Treatment Plant (PAWTP), one of two major construction projects to begin this year as part of the Elwha Restoration Project. The Request for Proposals (RFP) for this project will be issued on or about June 7, 2007. More information about this and other Elwha Construction Contracts can be found at the Olympic National Park website. The Pre-Solicitation Notice is part of the government’s market research to locate sources for proposed construction of the PAWTP. The estimated range of construction for PAWTP is $15 to $25 million. A pre-solicitation notice and RFP will be issued this fall for the Elwha Water Facilities (EWF), including the Elwha Surface Water Intake, the Elwha Water Treatment Plant, upgrades to the Crown “Z” Water Road for construction access, and area Flood Protection, all to be included under a second contract. The estimated range of construction for the EWF is $60 to $80 million. |
Did You Know?
That Mount Olympus receives over 200 inches of precipitation each year and most of that falls as snow? At 7,980 feet, Mount Olympus is the highest peak in Olympic National Park and has the third largest glacial system in the contiguous U.S.