The Columbia Press
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June 24, 2022
What’s Oregon Department
of Transportation doing on
Highway 101 in Warrenton?
The orange cones and traffic
disruptions have been hard
to miss by anyone who does
much driving through town.
The work is part of a long-
planned $4.6 million im-
provement project that runs
from Youngs Bay Bridge to
Neptune Drive (Fred Meyer).
Already crews have re-
placed guardrails on the
bridge causeway. Beginning
Sunday night, a three-week
bridge
closure
Sundays
through Thursdays between
9 p.m. and 6 a.m. will facili-
tate other work.
Highway 101 will be resur-
faced and restored and crews
will put in upgraded traffic
signs, apply new stripes, re-
place signal sensors, make
the area handicapped acces-
sible, and replace the traffic
signal at the intersection near
the Fred Meyer gas pumps.
Need commercial land?
Speaking of Fred Meyer,
the Port of Astoria may sell
a large parcel of land across
Highway 101 from the gro-
cery outlet.
At Tuesday afternoon’s port
commission meeting, mem-
bers agreed to put the item
on a future agenda after re-
ceiving a recommendation
from its finance committee to
sell the land.
The 11.56 acres is zoned
commercial-industrial
and
has a real market value
of $3.27 million, accord-
ing to the Clatsop Coun-
ty Assessor’s Office.
Boat repair opens
Marlin
Highway 101 work
Nept
une
Business and development tidbits
Harbor
Drive
Fred
Meyer
A new boat mainte-
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nance shop is set to
10 Port’s
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land
a
open at the Hammond
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g
Marina.
Hi
Joshua Massett, a li-
Airport
censed and bonded ma-
rine mechanic, plans to
open July 1. Massett has more
“I wanted to solve the big-
than 20 years of experience in gest problem in boat main-
the industry.
tenance: everyone is wait-
ing,” Massett said. “Folks are
ready to go boating, fishing,
crabbing and waterskiing,
and they don’t want to wait
weeks or months for an ap-
pointment. So I decided to
stick to maintenance only,
allowing me to keep a steady
flowing shop that serves ev-
ery guest quickly.”
He’ll accept a limited num-
ber of boats for service during
the 2022-23 season.
To reach Massett or set up
an appointment, call 206-
537-3227.
Klaskanine River Bridge
Traffic on Youngs River
Road will be detoured begin-
ning June 27 when Clatsop
County Public Works launch-
es an upgrade of the Klas-
kanine River Bridge.
The 66-year-old bridge is on
Highway 202 near the salm-
on hatchery. It will be de-
molished and replaced with
a new structure. The project
is expected to be finished in
summer 2023.
The age and condition of
the existing bridge, which
has a wooden substructure,
made full replacement the
most cost-effective option,
according to the county. The
new bridge will be concrete
and cost $2.54 million.
Area traffic will be able to
use Olney Lane cut-off as an
alternate connection between
Youngs River Road and High-
way 202.