The Hood Canal Bridge graving yard takes center stage again in Port Angeles and Port Townsend today.
* In Port Angeles, state Transportation Secretary Doug MacDonald will be accompanied by Transportation’s Olympic Region administrator, Randy Hain, and agency spokesman Lloyd Brown at public and private meetings.
The trio will attend the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce’s noon luncheon at the Port Angeles CrabHouse Restaurant, 221 N. Lincoln St., where Hain and Brown are featured speakers.
They will meet privately at 2 p.m. with Mayor Richard Headrick, City Councilmen Grant Munro and Jack Pittis, and City Manager Michael Quinn at Port Angeles City Hall.
The three are scheduled to attend a 6 p.m. session with union members from the project at the Carpenters & Pile Drivers Local 1303 meeting hall, 416 E. First St., Port Angeles.
* In Port Townsend, Jefferson County commissioners meet at Jefferson County Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson St., at 10:45 a.m. today to hear about a proposed public-private partnership between the Port of Port Townsend and Port Townsend Paper Corp. to bring the graving yard to Port Townsend.
Port Executive Director Larry Crockett is expected to discuss the possibility of locating the graving yard on Port or paper mill property — or both.
The Port has until next Monday to make a formal proposal to the Department of Transportation.
Peninsula Daily News