Council backs staff recommendation to advance Peacock Hill half‑street improvements with 3‑foot planter

Gig Harbor city staff recommended and the council endorsed by consensus on April 17 advancing Option C — a continuous 3‑foot planter — for the Peacock Hill Half Street improvement project at the 30% design phase.

Public Works presenter Chloe Weiser reviewed three preliminary roadway profiles. Option A followed city standard with a 5‑foot planter and a 5½‑foot sidewalk, required replacing about 90 private trees, and had an estimated right‑of‑way acquisition cost of about $94,000 and an estimated retaining‑wall cost of about $300,000. Option B used a detached planter with some attached sidewalks, was estimated to require about 59 caliper inches of private tree removals (to be replaced with smaller trees), right‑of‑way acquisition of about $72,000 and retaining wall work about 550 linear feet with an estimated cost of $206,000. Option C…