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Engineers recommend coastal analysis as next step on damaged breakwater
Summary
Engineers and harbor staff reported visible damage to several breakwater patios after recent low tides and recommended a coastal analysis to determine repair options and costs before council action.
Engineers who inspected Oak Harbor’s breakwater recommended a focused coastal analysis to determine how to repair or reconfigure the structure after divers and engineers found worsening damage during recent low tides.
The commission heard that a team from Moffett Nichols performed dive inspections and in-person testing to compare recent conditions with prior surveys. Bill, an engineer with Moffett Nichols, told commissioners the breakwater’s sawtooth configuration is uncommon and that the “attenuation effect” of that design cannot be reliably estimated without a coastal analysis that models wave transmission and wave attenuation for the site. He said the firm would provide an updated fee estimate for that analysis this week.
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