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PORT ANGELES — The decision not to build a transit stop along U.S. Highway 101 may lead to future disputes between Clallam County and Safeway Inc.
On Wednesday, county Community Development Director Bob Martin said future plans by Safeway Inc. to subdivide its 9-acre property near Brooks Avenue could be jeopardized if the grocery chain fails to include a transit stop and bus pullout lane at it’s new store.
Martin said Safeway’s decision not to build a transit stop and bus pullout on the highway outside its $1.68 million building “surprising.”
Safeway Public Affairs spokeswoman Cherie Meyers was unavailable for comment Wednesday.
But a spokesman representing Safeway’s construction project said the store had offered to build a bus shelter in the parking lot.
“We offered to put it right in front of the store,” said Richard Embry, president of Redfield Development.
For the complete story see Thursday’s Peninsula Daily News, on sale in Clallam and Jefferson counties.
