Port of Bellingham agrees to provide waterfront site for WWU

On a 2-1 vote, Port of Bellingham commissioners have approved a complex real estate transaction aimed at providing Western Washington University with a six-acre chunk of waterfront property for future development.

As a part of the agreement approved Tuesday, June 18, WWU would sell 24 acres of land it owns at the corner of Hannegan and Bakerview roads to raise cash to compensate the port for the property. WWU trustees gave the agreement unanimous approval Friday, June 14.