Dozens of major projects across Sequim are set to start or be completed in 2024.

Construction on a new Sequim Library is anticipated to begin while a new group home for senior veterans is set to open this spring.

There is road and utility work, a psychiatric evaluation and treatment facility, business spaces, a major subdivision and more.

Here are some of the Sequim area projects announced or in the works. Note: Some agencies not listed here could not be reached in time for press deadline.

City of Sequim

Capital projects in the City of Sequim are estimated to cost about $12.7 million in 2024 with a majority of them funded, city staff reported.

Some of the projects include a $3.8 million Silberhorn Deep Well to increase water capacity, $1.9 million for increased water and sewer service along West Sequim Bay Road for new developments, $1 million to repair the Johnson Creek trestle bridge and relocate sewer pipe underneath, and $350,000 to replace four aging pedestrian bridges between Carrie Blake Community Park and the Reuse Demonstration Site across Bell Creek.

Clallam County

Clallam County’s 2024 budget includes a few Sequim-area projects slated for construction, including resurfacing three-quarters of a mile of Carlsborg Road from Idea Place to Old Olympic Highway, and improvements at the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge’s access with two-tenths of a mile along Lotzgesell Road from Voice of America Road to Kitchen-Dick Road. A segment of Towne Road is also slated to be paved, with completion estimated by the end of September.

Fish hatchery

A new and relocated Hurd Creek Hatchery, 939 Fasola Road, will tentatively be substantially complete in August, according to Department of Fish and Wildlife staff.

Construction started in January 2023 to move the building away from the Dungeness River’s floodplain.

The new building will be 2,760 square feet with the office 636 square feet, and a treatment building 160 square feet. It will feature 84 ponds for fish compared to 66 now with some salvaged, according to hatchery staff.

The hatchery rears about 450,000 Elwha fall chinook and 200,000 Dungeness spring chinook — both threatened species — along with 10,000 steelhead, 5,000 coho, and 3,000 rainbow trout each year.

Tribe’s evaluation facility

Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal leaders look to start construction in the summer on a $26 million, 16-bed psychiatric evaluation and treatment facility in Sequim. It would serve people in crisis, with similar state facilities seeing an average of 10-14 day stays, tribal staff said in previous interviews.

The structure would be built south of the tribe’s Jamestown Healing Clinic at 526 S. Ninth Ave., and tentatively open the end of 2025.

Tribal officials anticipate going through the City of Sequim for a required conditional use permit because the area is not zoned for inpatient treatment. City staff confirmed in 2023 they’ve received planning documents for the facility.

Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County plans to build 50 units in 10 town homes and five duplexes on 6.66 acres east of South Sequim Avenue, north of Alpine Loop and south of Brownfield Road.

A public hearing with the City of Sequim’s hearing examiner is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 22 in a hybrid meeting at the Sequim Civic Center.

Rolling Hills

Prep work for the Rolling Hills major subdivision, a 215-single-family home development, started in December on 44.1 acres at the intersection of McCurdy Road and the east side of South Seventh Avenue.

According to city staff, the Rolling Hills project is slated for three phases — of 62, 65 and 88 lots.

Sequim Library

North Olympic Library System leaders anticipate going out for construction bids in mid-January and work starting as soon as March, for the renovation and expansion of the Sequim Library at 630 N. Sequim Ave. It’ll add about 3,800 square feet to the 6,200-square-foot library. Construction will tentatively end in March 2025.

Sequim Library services will temporarily move to the former Brian’s Sporting Goods space at 609 W. Washington St., Suite 21, during construction.

Tribal Library

According to the Peninsula Daily News, a grand opening for the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s new library will take place in late February celebrating the new 4,000-square-foot library at 10170 Old Blyn Road. It’s been under construction since January 2022.

Schools’ sewers

Sequim School Board directors approved sewer improvements at Greywolf and Helen Haller Elementary schools for 2024.

At Greywolf, two sewer pumps will be replaced along with the pump control systems for the school. Helen Haller’s sewer system in the school’s main courtyard will be modernized and moved away from students over a two week span to start during spring break.

Board directors also agreed to prioritize upgrades of its building management systems throughout the district as it upgrades heating, ventilation and air conditioning at various school buildings.

Little League field

Paving a majority of the main lot at the Dr. Standard Little League Park at 124 W. Silberhorn Road is tentatively scheduled for mid-to-late January, weather permitting, by Lakeside Industries. Construction by Jamestown Excavation started in the summer to add 156 parking stalls, paved walkways and stormwater infrastructure for phase 1.

Lighting and landscaping are on hold for more funding avenues with no cost estimate or timeline for phases 2 and 3, according to Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe leaders.

Veterans’ home

Work to remodel a Sequim home called “Minsky Place” will tentatively finish in April and permanently house six elderly veterans with on-site support off South Sequim Avenue. Sarge’s Veteran Support leaders said it’ll be the first of its kind in Sequim.

All-inclusive playground

Members of Olympic View Church, at 503 N. Brown Road, look to install the first phase of The Gathering Ground playground in the spring. It includes a large hill with a slide, a 7-foot-by-9-foot concrete log, and a poured-in-place rubber surface.

The three-phase playground project will be for all-ages and abilities with more equipment and a pavilion planned to follow in the next phases as funding becomes available, organizers said.

Clallam PUD

According to Clallam PUD’s 2024 budget book, one of many ongoing projects across Clallam County includes an effort to procure land for a new south Sequim substation to alleviate load from multiple other substations. Another project includes undergrounding and replacing about 2.4 miles of power lines in Diamond Point to eliminate tree-related outages and increase cable capacity.

However, the agency reports this is dependent on funding from the Energy Improvement in Rural and Remote Areas (ERA) Grant with a tentative selection notification in February. PUD has budgeted about $5.1 million for “distribution” efforts such as replacing and removing electric lines and poles across the county.

WSDOT

The removal of fish barriers will continue into 2024 between Sequim and Gardiner, according to the Department of Transportation’s website. Work areas include Discovery Creek near West Sequim Bay Road (milepost 268.5), Chicken Coop Creek near Deerhawk Drive (mp 271.9), and Eagle Creek between Knapp and Chicken Coop roads (mp 274.2). A bypass road will remain in place through late summer 2024. WSDOT reports there will be daytime shoulder closures and occasional night time one-lane alternating traffic.

A two-lane bridge is being constructed at Chicken Coop Creek and is expected to open early this year. Pedestrians/cyclists going into Sequim from Blyn on the highway detour via Olympic Discovery Trail between Schoolhouse Point Lane and Whitefeather Way through late summer.

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash One of the City of Sequim’s capital projects slated for 2024 includes replacing four timber bridges between Carrie Blake Community Park and the Reuse Demonstration Site across Bell Creek. It’s estimated to cost about $350,000 for the project.