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…