The contractor found some human remains by the boat ramp Sunday, 5/27. After a quick assessment, the PUD called a halt to the digging and called in archaeologists to evaluate the site. From the Peninsula Daily News:

The discovery of the remains - that were turned into the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday - put a stop to the work where they were found, as is the state protocol when bones or artifacts thought to be Native American are unearthed.

UPDATED 6/7 - the Peninsula Daily News is providing daily updates; see these articles:

• Human remains found at project site
• Archaeologists examining site where PUD project halted
• Jefferson PUD asks for state money after bones found at work site
• State loans Jefferson PUD funds to pay for archeological survey at Beckett Point
• What to do next for Beckett Point situation?

UPDATE 6/6 - and the Leader has an article:

• Bones halt PUD sewer project at Beckett Point