Thursday, March 28, 2024

Douglas PUD breaks ground on Conklin Landing RV sites

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BRIDGEPORT – Heavy equipment from Hurst Construction in Wenatchee has broken ground and begun landscaping on what will become 17 new RV spaces and other amenities at Conklin Landing west of town.

The project was conceived when Bridgeport was awarded a $264,000 grant from the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) to cover the city’s portion of the PUD’s development costs for 10 RV sites. Mayor Janet Conklin and the city council saw an opportunity to add additional RV spaces at an affordable cost by piggybacking the additional work on the PUD contract while the equipment was on site.

In August 2017 the Council approved an additional $225,000 to add seven additional RV sites to the 10 already approved.

The state Legislature’s delay in passing the 2017 capital budget until January 2018 increased the original costs of the PUD contract so several amenities earmarked for the original design were eliminated, including a laundry room, picnic area, a dumpster screening wall among them.

Last August the Council approved an additional $50,000 to cover the city’s portion of the increased costs. The PUD awarded the development contract to Hurst Construction after the Wenatchee company was the lowest of six bidders for the work.

The delay in the state budget approval moved the original Conklin Landing completion date from this fall to May 2019.

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