Using a $100,000 donation from the First Federal Community Foundation, officials with the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe are able to redo the decking on the historical Dungeness Railroad Bridge and adjoining ramp in Railroad Bridge Park.

The often slippery and weakening wooden deck will be replaced with concrete — mirroring the newly built 750-foot steel trestle that connects to the bridge.

Annette Nesse, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe chief operating officer, and Powell Jones, Dungeness River Audubon Center executive director, accepted the donation by First Federal representatives Jan. 8.

In preparation to adequately support the anticipated concrete surface, volunteers with the Peninsula Trails Coalition spent about 100 volunteer hours reinforcing the structural integrity of the ramp. Construction is weather dependent, but Jones expects the project to be finalized by early March.