On a single $25-million project to remove a fish barrier in northwest Washington, Granite Construction worked as design-builder for a Washington State Dept. of Transportation contract to regrade Padden Creek in Bellingham, while also working with a variety of stakeholder agencies to build an Interstate 5 bridge.
Delivering multifaceted projects while working with multiple stakeholder agencies and other community groups across the Puget Sound is not an uncommon experience for contractors working on projects for the state’s Fish Passage Program. The 17-year, $3.8-billion effort to correct barriers to fish passages is beginning to ramp up funding with the goal of repairing 90% of the region’s roughly 1,000 fish barriers by 2030.