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Skatepark roof plan abandoned after soil borings; borough will proceed with perimeter site improvements
Summary
Borough engineers concluded the planned covered roof for the Schonbark skatepark is not feasible after geotechnical borings found deep, loosely compacted soils that would require driven piles and sharply increase construction costs.
Morgan Berry, public works director for the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, told the assembly that engineering work for the 2023 Skatepark Improvements Project has shown the site cannot support the previously planned roof without major additional foundation work.
Soil borings by Tongass Engineering and geotechnical consultants found loosely compacted soils in places to depths of about 57 feet (and 32 feet in other locations). Berry said that condition would require…
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