PORT TOWNSEND — Deputy Mayor Michelle Sandoval says she came away satisfied that lawmakers and ferry system officials last week heard the city’s concerns loud and clear about Port Townsend ferry terminal expansion plans.
“We thought we had a very positive meeting,” Sandoval told more than 50 people attending Monday’s Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce weekly luncheon meeting in The Commons at Fort Worden State Park.
Sandoval, City Manager David Timmons and Port Townsend ferry advocate Forest Shomer met with W. Michael Anderson, Washington State Ferries executive director; Rep. Lynn Kessler, D-Hoquiam, whose district includes Jefferson and Clallam counties; and Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen, D-Camano Island, whose district includes the Keystone Ferry Terminal at the Whidbey Island end of the Port Townsend-Keystone route.
The talks last Thursday in Seattle were called before Anderson and state Secretary of Transportation Doug MacDonald suspended work last month on the Port Townsend ferry terminal project.
That action came after Port Townsend City Council sent a letter in October to Gov. Chris Gregoire, citing “frustration and disappointment” over the Port Townsend ferry terminal expansion plans.