Port Angeles: Ribbon-cutting marks airport-area road realignment

PORT ANGELES — Local officials marked the completion of the Lauridsen Boulevard/Edgewood Drive realignment project near Fairchild International Airport on Tuesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony..

Port Angeles Mayor Larry Doyle cut a giant red ribbon officially opening the straightened road.

“Finally,” Doyle said as the ribbon fell to the ground.

The project realigned two 90-degree curves at the intersection of Lauridsen Boulevard and Edgewood Drive into a smooth “s’ curve.

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