PORT ANGELES — Leaders of the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe say they’re concerned about a proposal to use 18 acres next to the shuttered graving yard project for Hood Canal Bridge construction activities.
No word about the latest Port proposal has come up during recent Tribal Council meetings, Lower Elwha Chairwoman Frances Charles said.
But tribal officials “definitely” will be setting up meetings regarding it, she said.
“The concern we would have is we know the Tse-whit-zen village site extends over to the 18 acres,” Charles told Peninsula Daily News on Wednesday.
“But we haven’t seen their plans or permits or had any discussions with the Port or DOT,” Charles said.
The state Department of Transportation, or DOT, has received separate proposals to relocate all or part of the Hood Canal Bridge graving yard operation to any of 18 sites across the Olympic Peninsula and along Puget Sound.