The Port of Port Angeles has met the Coast Guard’s July 1 deadline for implementing new security measures inspired by the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
“The Port of Port Angeles is in compliance with the Coast Guard’s security requirements,” Port Deputy Executive Director Dave Hagiwara said Wednesday.
Enhanced security is now in place at Marine Terminals 1 and 3 along Marine Drive in Port Angeles where tankers arrive, The Landing mall and Port Angeles Boat Haven marina on the Port Angeles waterfront, and John Wayne Marina on Sequim Bay.
The security measures include fencing, security cameras, guard shacks, alarm systems, signs, barricades, handheld radios for security personnel and a security ID badge system.
The security measures were funded by a $388,000 grant awarded by the Homeland Security Department in December 2003.
The items to be funded by the grant were included in the Port’s 2004 capital improvement budget.
PT not involved
The Port of Port Townsend was not required to meet today’s deadline, said Matthew Erlich, communications manager for the Washington Public Ports Association.
The ships the Coast Guard focuses on don’t visit Port Townsend, he said.
Larry Crockett, Port of Port Townsend executive director, said his agency’s security plan was formulated a year ago.
“It’s all been accepted by the captain of the Port in Seattle,” Crockett said.
Port Townsend’s security plan addressed access to the water for “those with evil intent,” Crockett said.
Defending against attacks on Naval Magazine Indian Island and ferries were the concern, he said.