Jason Davis, Turnagain Marine Construction, stated the purpose is to construct a cruise ship dock and seawalk adjacent to downtown Juneau. The new dock, which would accommodate a class of increasingly larger cruise ships and their passengers, is needed to provide additional safe harbor in Juneau and allow docked ships to spread out across the waterfront, while eliminating ship-to-shore boat trips and reducing marine traffic congestion in Gastineau Channel. This project is part of a larger development effort that includes constructing dining, retail, and event spaces, as well as an indigenous knowledge, science, and cultural learning center. PROPOSED WORK: The proposed work would occur below the High Tide Line (HTL) of Gastineau Channel (approximately 20.6 feet above the 0.0-foot contour). The proposed project would remove: The Standard Oil Pier, a fixed T-dock with two hundred eighty-one (281) 20-inch diameter wood piles directly adjacent to the proposed project. The proposed project would construct: multiple seawalk supported plumb steel piles; A 260-foot-long by 12-foot-wide vehicle trestle and a 340-foot-long by 12-foot-wide pedestrian walkway; A 250-foot long by 30-foot-wide mooring trestle; A 100-foot-long transfer span; Two float restraint dolphins; Two mooring dolphins consisting of twelve (12) batter 48-inch diameter steel piles; and One 500-foot long by 70-foot wide floating pontoon. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-16), dated June 24, 2025. Please contact Rebecca Manbeck at (907) 251-6716, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, or by email at Rebecca.S.Manbeck2@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this public notice.
POA-2025-00252 Gastineau Channel PN