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Duckabush estuary restoration hits 100% design; project seeks federal funding to start construction
Summary
After 25 years of planning, the Duckabush (Decca Bush) estuary restoration reached 100% design and moved into preconstruction. Project partners say the Army Corps must secure full federal funding before the Corps will advertise contracts; the state has met its cost-share obligations but a large federal request remains for FY27.
After more than two decades of planning and design work, state and federal partners announced this month that the Duckabush estuary restoration has completed 100% design and moved into preconstruction.
Teresa, lead project manager for the Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, said the milestone clears the way to seek federal construction dollars. “We are a 100% design. The Army Corps has moved us into preconstruction,” Teresa said, describing a final design package that merges Army Corps and WSDOT work and runs to hundreds of pages of plans and specifications.
The restoration would remove the historic US 101 causeway and reconnect four historic channels in the Duckabush…
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