To save time and money, the city of Gig Harbor may tackle replacing the North Creek culvert and revamping nearby remote site incubators for salmon eggs as two projects, instead of one.
City staff recommended doing so during a City Council study session meeting on May 14. The recommendation aligns with the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife’s suggestion for the project.
But not every member of the council is on board. Councilmember Le Rodenberg expressed opposition and suggested scrapping the in-progress project if it didn’t include remote site incubators or a similar replacement. Other council members supported the idea.
History
The city has been in the process of designing a bridge to replace the culvert after WDFW found that it creates a barrier for returning salmon and causes other detrimental knock-on effects…