Harbor plan would add 3 acres of parking to waterfront

Plans for expansion of the Small Boat Harbor would nearly double the footprint of existing parking lots. That’s a concern for at least one member of the Haines Borough Planning Commission, who believes the lot would eat up valuable waterfront property and sit empty most of the year.

Port and Harbor Advisory Committee chair Norman Hughes presented PND Engineers’ 35-percent design to the planning commission last week. The design would add about 2.75 more acres…