A brief history Lutak Dock

The U.S. Army built the Lutak Dock in 1953 to supply construction materials for the 626-mile HainesFairbanks pipeline, a Cold War-era project that delivered fuel to military bases in the interior. The tank farm, now a contaminated site, supplied the fuel for the pipeline.

1977

The Army gave the Lutak Dock to the City of Haines. The cathodic protection system that the Army maintained and operated over the years was turned off after the City of Haines took ownership of the dock due to the associated operational costs.

1983

The City of Haines added a barge transfer ramp (ro-ro) to the face of Lutak Dock, which is what the town used to receive its freight.

In2014,PND Engineersand EchelonEngineering producedareport describing deteriorationatthe dock.

PND concluded in 2014 that the Lutak Dock had “reached the end of [its] credible 60year service life.”

PND explained that a “source of significant risk to the structure arises from failure of the ‘tee’ connection between the lower closure arc(s), and main arcs themselves” in addition to the risk arising from the “damage at 5 of 11 closure arcs that arose after the 2002 repair,” the “splitting failure at Closure Arc 7.5,” and “[o]ther structural weaknesses.”