PORT ANGELES — Six interpretive signs will be installed along the waterfront today, beginning at 10 a.m.
The signs — which provide information on Port Angeles landmarks, habitat and history — were funded with $18,000 in city lodging tax revenue.
Replace old signs
They are made by Jackson Smart of Port Angeles and replace similar signs installed about 16 years ago.
Five of the six were removed after being vandalized, Smart said.
One of them remains on City Pier but will be replaced today, he said.
“It’s the same information,” Smart said. He added that the drawings have been changed.
The new signs are 30-by-18 inches in size and will be placed on City Pier, near the Valley Creek Estuary and on Railroad Avenue just west of the MV Coho ferry terminal.
The city’s lodging tax revenue comes from a 4 percent room tax on hotels, motels and bed-and-breakfast establishments.
According to state law, the money can be spent only on tourism infrastructure or to promote events and projects with the goal of attracting people to Port Angeles.
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Reporter Tom Callis can be reached at 360-417-3532 or at tom.callis@peninsuladailynews.com.
