Cleanup work along Bellingham’s waterfront to start this summer

Crews could start work on a more than $35 million environmental cleanup of a polluted Bellingham waterfront site as soon as July.

The Port of Bellingham Commission approved a contract for cleaning up the Whatcom Waterway with American Construction Company of Tacoma during its regular Tuesday afternoon meeting, May 19. The vote was 2-1, with Commissioner Mike McAuley opposed.