Port Angeles: Monday hearing may start process of turning over land to sawmill company; large group of opponents expected

PORT ANGELES — Port of Port Angeles commissioners are expecting a crowd Monday when they hold a public hearing that could set wheels in motion to sell 113 acres to a sawmill company.

So they’re moving their meeting to a larger place: The Landing mall.

The last time commissioners met at The Landing, in September 2002, they were considering the sale of three acres to Westport Shipyard Inc. for building a yacht-building plant.

That hearing drew more than 100 people to the Harborside Room to support the Port’s sale of three waterfront acres to the yacht manufacturer.

In contrast, Monday’s public hearing could draw a crowd strongly opposed to the Port’s plans to sell a 113-acre site between the airport and Edgewood Drive for a proposed alder sawmill.

The Board of Commissioners will start the public hearing beginning at 10 a.m. in the Harborside Room at The Landing, 115 E. Railroad Ave.

The commissioners’ regular meeting starts a half-hour earlier.

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