The city of Richland begins an eight-week construction project Jan. 5 to repair part of the Columbia Point Marina’s shoreline retaining wall.

A temporary detour will be in place along the Riverfront Pathway between Columbia Point Park and the Marina Vista Estates at Columbia Point condominium community. The detour will route pedestrians to portions of Bradley Boulevard and Columbia Point Drive.

The project will demolish an existing, failed basalt column shoreline retaining wall and replace it with a new concrete block wall. Also included in the project is the installation of wall drains, backfill, hand rails, and restoration of asphalt and concrete pavement surfaces. 

A city of Richland project will replace a failing basalt column retaining wall by the Columbia Point Marina.

| Photo by Kristina Lord

To accommodate winter conditions, the contractor will place cold mix asphalt as a temporary surface during construction, then hot mix asphalt will be installed in the spring to complete pathway restoration.

During the eight weeks of construction, a signed detour will reroute pedestrians and cyclists around the work area.