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Residents, commissioners press to weave climate resilience, active transportation and sewer fixes into Island County 2025 comprehensive plan
Summary
Public commenters and commissioners on July 1 urged Island County to ensure the 2025 comprehensive plan ties climate resilience across elements, prioritize active transportation and resolve sewer infrastructure limits that constrain Freeland’s urban growth area. The board scheduled a 1 p.m. workshop to review revised goals and policies.
Island County commissioners on July 1 heard public comments urging that the county’s 2025 comprehensive plan more fully integrate climate resilience, active transportation and a clear sewer strategy for Freeland, and set a 1 p.m. workshop to review revised goals and policies.
Supporters of stronger climate policy praised staff work on the draft plan but asked the board to ensure the climate element is woven through transportation, housing and utilities sections so policies align across the document.
"I want to commend you and members of the planning department staff for putting in such sustained work on the 2025 comprehensive plan," said Linda Irvine, representing Whitby Climate Action. She highlighted the plan’s climate-resilience goals and praised a change in the transportation element that replaces the term "alternative" with "active" and adds "multimodal." Irvine singled out transportation policy 6.5, which promotes a multiuse pathway alongside the highway, saying such paths "will encourage active transportation and reduce…
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