PORT ANGELES — Port officials should know in a week if the Port Angeles waterfront is the state’s preferred site for a multimillion-dollar project to build concrete pontoons and anchors for the new eastern half of the Hood Canal Bridge.

A decision will be announced on Nov. 20, according to state Department of Transportation officials who addressed Port of Port Angeles commissioners at a special meeting Wednesday.

Residents and business representatives lined up with city, county and state leaders to voice support for the estimated $16 million project, which is expected to bring up to 120 jobs paying $56,000 a year for three years.

A recent city of Port Angeles-contracted study estimated that the project would have an economic impact of $19 million on Clallam and Jefferson counties.

—————–

The rest of the story appears in the Thursday Peninsula Daily News. Click on SUBSCRIBE to get the PDN delivered to your home or office.