Whatcom County Council unanimously requested during its October 26 regular meeting for public works to draft an ordinance that would extend the existing golf cart zone in Birch Bay to Gemini Street.
The Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with the Blaine-Birch Bay Park and Recreation District 2, suggested the zone extension so that residents could drive their golf carts to Bay Horizon Park and the Birch Bay Activity Center on Gemini Street.
The golf cart zone stretches along the bay from Point Whitehorn north to Birch Point Road, diverting off Birch Bay Drive to include inland neighborhood areas near Jackson, Harborview and Shintaffer roads. All roads incorporated in the zone are 25 mph.
“I went to a commissioner’s meeting with Blaine-Birch Bay park and rec and they’re very much in favor of having this extend just a short bit to Gemini,” said Doralee Booth, Birch Bay chamber secretary, in a council public works and health committee meeting October 26.
Public works engineer Doug Ranney said the extension is about 250 feet.
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