Press Release: Lake Worth's Snook Island dock relocation to begin next Tuesday (1/12/16)

Press Release:

January 8, 2016

Jamie Brown, Public Services Director
561.586.1720
jbrown@lakeworth.org

Snook Island dock relocation to begin next Tuesday, 1/12/16
     Palm Beach County constructed a day-use dock as part of the Snook Islands project a few years ago. With some of the dock slips being underutilized at this location, on 4/21/15 the City Commission approved an interlocal agreement with Palm Beach County allowing a portion of the dock system to be transferred from the current location to the Bryant Park Boat Ramp just south of the bridge.
     When the Boat Ramp was rebuilt in 2014, a 100' staging dock with five additional 18" concrete pilings was proposed as a bid alternate, but due to difficulties during construction (driving two particular pilings and helical anchor issues) there were not enough funds to move forward with this alternate. With this dock transfer, however, the City now has an ·opportunity to move forward with a modified version of the original proposed staging dock.
     Vance Construction, who has held multiple contracts with the County for other marine projects located in the Lake Worth Lagoon, was granted access by the City to utilize the area that had already been designated for Snook Island staging at the north end of Bryant Park. In exchange for the City allowing this access, Vance Construction will perform this dock transfer and all associated engineering and design at no cost to the City.