Port Ludlow: Drainage assessments could be set next week

PORT LUDLOW — An ordinance that would determine how much North Bay neighborhood residents would be assessed as part of a “drainage district” could be approved as early as next Wednesday.

The drainage district board was formed in January and charged with solving long-standing flooding problems in the area.

But an initial assessment system to determine how much each property owner would have to pay for the district has drawn criticism from a number of groups, most recently at a July 24 public hearing before county commissioners.

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