Ketchikan council backs $275,000 state grant bid for Bar Harbor piles

Ketchikan Port and Harbors staff plan to replace aging piles, the posts anchoring the floats, and electrical pedestals, the dockside power hookups, at Bar Harbor, a $550,000 project. The Ketchikan City Council approved Resolution No. 26-3035 on Sept. 3 on its consent agenda, authorizing a grant application for the work.

The motion passed 6-0, with one seat vacant.

The application goes to the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities' Municipal Harbor Facility Grants Program, which matches municipal harbor funding 50-50. The state listing shows a $275,000 request and a $275,000 city match. The fiscal year 2028 call for projects closed Aug. 19, before the council vote, and the state listing already includes Ketchikan's request.

On Sept. 17, the council separately voted 6-0 to accept $6.875 million in state money to replace Bar Harbor floats 7 and 8 and rebuild the Mountain Point boat launch, draft minutes show.