No more docks on Blakely Harbor
February 26th, 2009 by tristan baurick
The long legal battle over Blakely Harbor has apparently come to an end.
The Washington State Court of Appeals upheld the city’s ban on new individual-use docks on the south island harbor, Christopher Dunagan reported this week.
The only docks permitted in the future will be two joint-use docks and one community dock.
A lawsuit filed by two south island families argued that that dock prohibition robs of their rightful use of the harbor “under the guise of protecting the aquatic environment.”
Blakely is considered one of Puget Sound’s most pristine harbors and is important habitat for marine species.
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February 26th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
Yay!