HomeMy WebLinkAbout2753 RESOLUTtON NO. 2753
A RESOLUTION supporting designation of State Route 304 (SR304) to include
portions of Pacific Avenue and First Street in the vicinity of the Bremerton
Transportation Center/Ferry Terminal.
WHEREAS, the City, Washington State Department of Transportation, Kitsap County, Kitsap Transit and
the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard/Naval Station Bremerton have partnered in a project to improve State Route 3
(SR3) and State Rome 304 (SR304) from the Bremerton Ferry Terminal to the vicinity of Gorst; and
WHEREAS, an element of the SR3/SR304 project established a one-way street couplet in the vicinity of
the Bremerton Transportation Center/Ferry Terminal, designating Pacific Avenue, southbound from Burwell Street
to First Street; First Street, eastbound from Pacific Avenue to Washington Avenue; and Washington Avenue,
northbound from First Street to Burwell Street; and
WHEREAS, the Bremerton Transportation Center project redeveloped the existing Bremerton Ferry
Terminal with this one-way street couplet traffic circulation plan as a key element; and
WHEREAS, an Environmental Impact Statement for the SR3/SR304 project (FHWA-WA-EIS-95-l-F)
was approved with a project description that included the one-way couplet; and
WHEREAS, the existing SR304 designation includes Burwell Street, from Callow Avenue to Washington
Avenue; and Washington Avenue to the Bremerton Transportation Center; and
WHEREAS, to complete the SR304 designation in the vicinity of the Bremerton Transportation
Center/Ferry Terminal; Pacific Avenue, from Burwell Street to First Street; and First Street, from Pacific Avenue
to Washington Avenue need to be added to the SR304 designation; and
WHEREAS, the Washington State Department of Transportation has requested a reiolution from the City
of Bremerton supporting re-designation of SR304 to include these portions of Pacific Avenue and First Street;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BREMERTON THAT:
The designation of State Route 304 include the entire one-way street couplet serving the Bremerton Transportation
Center/Ferry Terminal, and that the designation be modified to include Pacific Avenue, from Burwell Street to
First Street; and First Street, from Pacific Avenue to Washington Avenue in addition to the existing designation.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this 31st day of May, 2000.
CAROL ARENDS, Council President