The Ports and Harbors Advisory Committee last week voted unanimously to ask the Haines Borough Assembly to re-examine what they consider a critical $385,000 piece to the Portage Cove Harbor Expansion project.

It’s a 33-foot-long segment of the steel breakwater barrier that both local fishermen and harbor officials say would not only better protect the boats moored in the harbor, but allow for more maneuverability and bigger slip space for the ever-larger pleasure craft and…