Port losing patience with pace of WWU plans for waterfront hub for energy and technology classes

Commissioners for the Port of Bellingham are growing impatient about what they see as a lack of progress in Western Washington University’s plans for the waterfront.

Port Commissioner Ken Bell led a discussion about the status of the Western Crossing project during a meeting on Feb. 19. He expressed frustration that a document recently submitted to the port by the university showed no progress in the past year to put a major facility on the waterfront.