When we last checked in on construction, crews were working to cap the 29 piles that will support our new passenger-only ferry facility on the south end of Colman Dock. Last week, we hit a milestone when workers poured the last three pile caps, filling a portable hopper with concrete from a truck and then…
The marine fish window is closing, but work on our future facility – as well as the larger Colman Dock renovation – will continue above the water line throughout this year. In fall and winter, migrating salmon are less likely to be present in Puget Sound, so construction crews can install piles and do other…
First we drove piles into the bottom of Puget Sound. Now, we’re preparing to cap them. Crews are working to connect the piles to the future weather-protected structure of our new passenger-only ferry facility. They do that by forming “pile plugs” — rebar cages filled with concrete — that will secure and connect the piles…
This year will be a big one for King County Water Taxi as we inch closer toward operating out of a new, weather-protected facility on the Seattle waterfront. But first things first – we need to build it. Our contractor reached a milestone last month when they installed the final pile under our future passenger-only…
Crossposted from Inside Transportation By any measure, 2017 was one of the busiest years on record for the King County Water Taxi with new construction, new branding, ridership pacing last year’s record numbers, and recognition with two national awards. Construction begins on future Water Taxi facility: King County Executive Dow Constantine joined Governor Jay Inslee, Washington Department…
We’re reached the final month of 2017, and construction on King County Water Taxi’s future passenger-only terminal continues (even though our riders might not realize the progress we’ve made). Check out this overhead photograph from Nov. 17. You can see that near our future site there are several barges, a couple of which carried giant…
As crews continue to build King County Water Taxi’s future home, Executive Dow Constantine, Gov. Jay Inslee and other transportation leaders took time last week to celebrate the progress of the Seattle Multimodal Terminal at Colman Dock Project. The Executive was one of the keynote speakers at a celebration inside Colman Dock, the state’s busiest…
Pile installation officially began last week at the site of King County Water Taxi’s future Passenger Only Ferry (POF) facility on the Seattle waterfront. This video clip shows installation of a “template” pile. Template piles are installed prior to the actual production piles that will serve as support columns for the new dock. The template…
If things get too loud on the waterfront, don’t worry – we’ve got your ears covered. King County Water Taxi is now offering earplugs – on both of its boats and at its terminal in Downtown Seattle – to help ease the noise for riders. The earplugs come with a string attached (no pun intended)…
Pile driving work will begin this month at the site of King County Water Taxi’s future location – another sign that we’re getting closer to a new, weather-protected facility for our loyal riders. Washington State Department of Transportation today demolished our former facility on the south side of Colman Dock and could begin driving support piles for our our…
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