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Council hears requests to expand downtown shuttle, address parking and waterfront e-vehicle safety
Summary
Residents and business representatives told the Port Orchard City Council April 22 that downtown parking is strained on market days and that fast electric recreational vehicles pose safety concerns on the waterfront walking trail.
Several members of the public urged the City Council on April 22 to take steps to ease downtown parking pressure and address safety on the waterfront path.
Erica Anderson, president of the Port Orchard Farmers Market, asked the council to support adding a Saturday stop to an existing SK Ride shuttle service to shuttle visitors from the county campus at the top of the hill to the downtown waterfront on farmers-market days. Anderson said Saturdays draw the most visitors and the shuttle would be a low-cost way to reduce circling traffic, help small businesses and make downtown more walkable.
City officials said they had asked Kitsap Transit about the proposal and were told…
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