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WHAT STANDS OUT...? 4 Answers · 0 Replies
Copy and paste the goal that stands out to you the most. Why is it important
to you?
Jon Garrison · Citizen · (Postal Code: unknown) · Jul 07, 2016 11:07 am
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The most important issue to me is bike lanes and bike trails as related to:
"1. Provide a safe, convenient, efficient and integrated highway and arterial system for
the movement of people and goods, one that is functionally well maintained, reflects
local environment, and meets the demands of the future."
My wife and I bicycled from Port Townsend to San Diego in 2014 and the most dangerous
part of that entire 2400 mile trip was the stretch of Highway 20 between Discovery Bay
and Adelma Beach. It is a very dangerous section of the otherwise beautiful and safe
Olympic Discovery Trail that is used by a lot of bikers and needs to be addressed.
Philip Vogelzang · Citizen · (Postal Code: unknown) · Sep 25, 2016 4:17 pm
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I agree. The first issue listed is the most important to me. As small business owners at
the Chimacum intersection, we see first hand how important a safe, efficient intersection
that moves both motorized and non-motorized people and goods is. Chimacum is the
hub of our local food movement. Helping connect our farmers with those who travel thru
the intersection would really help grow our local ag community.
Philip Vogelzang · Citizen · (Postal Code: unknown) · Sep 25, 2016 4:18 pm
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I agree. The first issue listed is the most important to me. As small business owners at
the Chimacum intersection, we see first hand how important a safe, efficient intersection
that moves both motorized and non-motorized people and goods is. Chimacum is the
hub of our local food movement. Helping connect our farmers with those who travel thru
the intersection would really help grow our local ag community.
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Katy McCoy · Citizen · (Postal Code: unknown) · Oct 31, 2016 2:04 pm
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Absolutely our transportation system needs to be maintained, safe, efficient and well
planned. Maybe I’m naive, but for my purposes, our roads actually seem pretty good on
the peninsula.
It’s goals #2 and #3, promoting public and non-motorized transportation, that inspire
me the most. If we don’t make a stand against the status-quo, the default will be to build
more plentiful and bigger roads at the expense of our planet and our quality of life.
I personally am very excited about the goal of creating a network of non-motorized trails
for our area. It’s not too far of a reach seeing them all connect up around Chimacum,
making these parts an even more special place to live than it already is.
I agree with others that connecting the Larry Scott Trail to the remainder of the Olympic
Discovery Trail is critical, it being the most dangerous segment of the whole trail. In my
ideal world I’d love to see it leave the shores of Discovery Bay and come inland closer to
Chimacum, but short of that I’d like to see a spur or safe route that connects it to the
trail system in and around Chimacum. When I think of the bike tourist of the future,
biking from Port Townsend to La Push, they are going to want to visit a variety of terrain.
To miss the beautiful agricultural Center Valley and the vibrant farming community
associated with it would be a shame.
In Chimacum, the Rick Tollefsen trail is already underway, which will connect Chimacum
Grange to the Bab Bates Little League Park in Port Hadlock with proposals to connect it
to the Jefferson County Library, the lower Hadlock waterfront, and Irondale Beach Park.
I’d like to see the trail system one day extend south too. I can imagine a trail from the
Grange that goes through Jefferson Land Trust’s Chimacum Commons property to
Chimacum’s main intersection, go south through Finnriver to Red Dog Farm and then
somehow connect, probably via a stretch of Center to a future trail system on Chimacum
Ridge and from there possibly to Port Ludlow.
As an aside, Chimacum will also be on one of the 11 National Scenic Trail Routes in
planning which will extend from Glacier National Part to Cape Alava, sharing the
Eaglemount section of the route with the Olympic Discovery Trail.
Superimpose all these trails on the same map and you see Chimacum having the
potential to be a very exciting hub of non-motorized travel. Besides improving the
quality of life for our locals, it would no doubt end up attracting visitors from around the
world bringing their outside dollars with them.
CHANGES? 0 Answers · 0 Replies
What would you like to see changed or added to the transportation element
goals? Why?
HOW MIGHT WE? 0 Answers · 0 Replies
How might we implement any needed changes to the transportation goals?
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