With work on the Hyas Point development along the Washougal waterfront now underway, community members may have questions about possible impacts to nearby attractions, including the Port of Camas-Washougal’s marina and the popular Washougal Waterfront Park and riverside walking trail.
“We shouldn’t affect too much until we get to the end of the project,” Kelly Flynn, senior project manager for Central Bethany Construction told community members during a Hyas Point project open house held Wednesday, Jan. 15, at the Port of Camas-Washougal administrative building.
However, once construction starts on all four of the mixed-use Hyas Point buildings, Flynn said, disruptions may become more noticeable.
“That’s going to overload the marina for a little bit,” Flynn said. “As we go on, it will be a little more noticeable. We’ll be digging piers for the next two-and-a-half months, so that’ll be a little bit, I wouldn’t say disruptive, but loud. This project will have two tower cranes, and they’re big ones, and those kinds of things start to make people in small towns uncomfortable.”
Portland-based Central Bethany Construction began work along the Washougal waterfront in November 2024. The first phase of construction will build several new streets, including a thoroughfare stretching east to west along the Columbia River, and four mixed-use buildings that will house 276 apartments and 56,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space.