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Commissioners debate stronger language to pursue coastal highway connection amid funding questions
Summary
Clallam County planning commissioners discussed replacing 'review the need' language with a recommendation to "pursue" development of an alternate coastal highway connection from Neah Bay to Ozette, while staff and commissioners cautioned about funding, engineering complexity and the state's role in any new highway.
Clallam County planning commissioners considered draft comprehensive-plan language that would move beyond studying a potential alternative coastal route and instead recommend the county "pursue the development" of a new highway connection from Neah Bay to Ozette.
The shift would change the policy from an advisory review to a more actionable position, but commissioners repeatedly noted that State Highway 112 is a state route and that construction funding and engineering would depend on state and federal resources.
Commissioner Thomas Butler and others raised…
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