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Page A—1 O - Shelton-Mason County Journal Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021
First in series of Skok Valley
By Isabella Bredaw
isabel/a@masoncounty. corn
Mason County Public Works’ Skokomish Val-
ley Road project near the Swift Creek crossing is
nearing completion, clearing a path for residents
to leave the valley during flood season.
“They’re glad that we’re down here and you
know that it is working for them and it is much,
much more passable,” Bryan Chrisman, Mason
County Public Works road supervisor, said. “Ev-
erybody on this end is pretty happy about it.”
The project, which began the week of Dec. 14,
is located between Vance and Swift creeks and
is intended to help reduce the number of times
the road becomes impassable during flood season.
Crews worked to elevate the road level at its low-
est point near the point where Swift Creek crosses
and are creating a wall along the roadway using
concrete ecology blocks and impermeable fabric.
When completed, the wall will be roughly 1,450
feet long. A
Chrisman said that while residents are hap’
py to have a passable roadway out of the valley,
there’s a lot of “question marks” about the coun-
ty’s choice to do the project during flood season.
“It really is the best time to actually see what
happens, to be able to make adjustments to it, ver-
sus building in the summertime and not knowing
(how floods affect the road),” Chrisman said.
This project will address a small portion of
Skokomish Valley’s flooding problem, so those
who live the furthest out Skokomish Valley Road
can access Shelton and beyond via Eells Hill
Road. ‘
Mason County Commissioner Kevin Shutty
visited the project site Jan. 7 to see the progress.
“I think one of the things that’s important for
people to also keep in mind is this is one of many
projects that can and should happen in the val-
ley,” Shutty said at the project site. “It’s a real
effort to do a comprehensive set of projects in the
valley that doesn’t just affect the upper valley or
the lower valley, but things are really working to-
gether in concert — the reality is you need to start
somewhere, and this was a good spot to start.”
Shutty said this specific project aims to create a
path for emergency personnel to access the homes
and permit those who are the furthest away from
the highway to have an exit route.
In addition to road projects, a roughly $22—mil—
lion restoration project in partnership with the
Skokomish Indian Tribe, Mason . County and
Army Corps of Engineers is in the pipeline to
help restore about 277 acres within the Skokom-
ish River Basin.
The project includes river channel realignment
where the North and South Forks converge in aim
to promote year-round fish passage for chinook
and chum salmon, and steelhead and bull trout.
“By time all things are said and done there will
be upwards or close to $25 million worth of invest—
ment in the valley,” Shutty said. “Which is just
an incredible amount of investment in this part of
the state... that just speaks to how vital the val-
ley is, from an ecological standpoint, but also with
access to federal lands, private logging, and just
the general public that comes through here. It’s a
really critical part of the county.”
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employees install concrete bar-
riers along Skokomish Valley
Road last week. The barriers
are designed to help limit the
number of times the Skokomish _ ’-
Valley Road floods each year
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