Golf course project on Washington coast offer economic promise, environmental concerns

The final environmental review process for a links-style course in Westport is teeing up a battle over how to revive a famous fishing town.

WESTPORT, Wash. — The City of Westport is preparing to enter the final environmental review process to develop an 18-hole golf course along the pacific coast. 

The group Westport Golf Links is proposing a new 120-acre links-style course in partnership with Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission (WSPRC) at Westport Light State Park.

Developers say a new public course, clubhouse and hotel would bring an estimated 300 new jobs to the area that has long-faced economic hardship.

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