Construction Office Opening Soon

Anticipating the start of construction on the SE Pioneer Way project, a construction office will soon be open for business on SE Pioneer Way.

Located at 720 SE Pioneer Way (next to Casual House) the City of Oak Harbor Pioneer Way Project office will be open for regular office hours starting February 22nd. During the project there will be a weekly "Donut and Coffee Hour" held at the project office where staff will be available for questions or to just chat about the project.

An open house reception will be held on February 22, 2010 between 5:30 pm and 7:30 pm offering a chance for community members to see the office, meet key contacts with the project team and get information about the project.

An official project groundbreaking ceremony will be held on March 1 at 4:00pm for a celebration of the symbolic first shovel of dirt to be moved on the project.

City Council Approves Construction Contractor

At its meeting on February 1, 2011, the City Council selected Strider Construction out of Bellingham, WA as the general contractor for the Pioneer Way Reconstruction Project. As the lowest responsible bidder out of six firms that competed for the job, Strider’s bid amount of $3,864,363.27 will, with the exception of the City’s share for undergrounding the electrical and communication utilities, pay for re-constructing the historic street. This bid was substantially less than the engineer’s estimate of $5,101,326.92.

Strider Construction has recently completed a very similar project involving reconstruction of a downtown street in Arlington, WA. The Arlington project included an overhead utility conversion and complete street reconstruction and was completed to the great satisfaction of the City and the business owners.

Based on the preliminary schedule, we expect Strider Construction to start moving equipment into town toward the end of February. More details to come!