The City Council has voted in favor of lowering the speed limit on the 40-mile per hour section of Oakes Ave. to 30 miles per hour.
Mayor Gere said that last weekend’s anti-fossil fuel demonstration left, “a bit of fear and skepticism” causing a lighter than usual Saturday in downtown Anacortes.
An Anacortes Police sergeant clocked a driver at over 90 miles per hours heading towards town on highway 20.
Law enforcement moved in at dawn Sunday morning to end an encampment on the Burlington-to-Anacortes rail line servicing the March's Point refineries, but protests continued on Fidalgo Bay and on March’s Point.
More than 1,000 demonstrators participated in a march on March's Point Saturday, according to leaders of the three-day protest to convince people to reduce dependence on oil.
At the end of the day, a team of protesters with Break Free, which is staging protests at the two refineries on March's Point, blocked the rail line leading to the two refineries, but the protest is some five miles from March's Point.
The Anacortes Police Department says the Tommy Thompson Trestle will be closed to bicycles Friday 6AM to Monday 6AM due to heavy pedestrian traffic because of an anti-fossil fuel demonstration. And, APD says no bridges on Highway 20 will be closed this weekend.
Swinomish Casino & Lodge will host three outdoor movie events this summer at their Waterfront Park, complete with food vendors, a beer and wine garden, giveaways throughout the night, and fun for the entire family. Swinomish Movies kicks off the summer series with Star Wars: The Force Awakens on June 16.
Traffic delays and congestion are likely near Anacortes this weekend as thousands of people plan to gather in protest of fossil fuel use, according to a news release from the Skagit County Department of Emergency Management.
Dale Fowler (on the right) was honored on his last day working for the Port of Anacortes during last Saturday's Opening Day ceremonies at Cap Sante Marina. Fower has worked for the Port for 29 years, most recently as harbormaster.
