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The Port of Tacoma is finally selling its Maytown property – at an initial loss to the agency of $10 million – to company that plans to mine the site for gravel. The port commission voted today to authorize the sale of its 745 acres in South Thurston County for $17 million; the port has invested $27.5 million in the property.
The port’s original plan was to build a rail logistics center that would relieve some of the train congestion at the port. The proposal generated considerable opposition in Thurston County; hundreds of people attended public meetings aimed at preventing it from moving forward. The port abandoned its rail center plan in 2008 and announced it would sell the Maytown land.