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Shelton staff present four designs for Olympic Highway North; council leans toward compromise option ahead of public outreach
Summary
Shelton public works presented four reconstruction alternatives for Olympic Highway North tied to a $3.5 million grant; staff urged the council to narrow outreach to two options and councilors signaled tentative support for Option 2 — which preserves west-side parking and adds buffered bike lanes — pending public comment.
Shelton public works officials laid out four design alternatives for reconstructing Olympic Highway North during the council’s Jan. 27 study session, saying the work must include bike facilities to satisfy grant conditions. Aaron Nicks, Shelton’s assistant public works director, told council that Olympic Highway North "is really the key here," calling the corridor the city’s economic driver and urging careful trade-off analysis between safety, parking and construction cost.
The staff presentation described four conceptual approaches: a status-quo layout with added bike lanes; a balanced design that retains parking on the west side and installs…
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