The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is currently making emergency repairs to the Point Chehalis revetment in Westport’s marina district. The structure is a system of 3,100 feet of stone revetment and six rock “groins.” It is designed to protect the coastline from strong wave action.

Since 2000, there has been increased wave energy at the revetment, where wave overtopping has become more frequent. Several sections of the western end of the revetment are failing due to loss of armoring stone as a result of annual severe winter storms.

Emergency repairs to the revetment have been done at various times over the year as sinking armor stone has allowed westerly wind–driven storm waves to overtop the structure, flooding the marina district. The last emergency repair was completed on three other sections of the rock wall in February.

Quigg Bros. Inc. of Aberdeen was awarded the contract to repair approximately 500 feet of revetment in three segments. Work is being done near the Port of Grays Harbor observation tower at the foot of Neddie Rose Drive, near one of the groins to the north of the tower and at the northern tip of Point Chehalis near the Port’s observation platform.

The rock for the project is coming from a quarry near Tenino. Work is expected to be completed by the end of February.