Public Comment Sought On Major Projects In Gig Harbor

GIG HARBOR, WA - The city is seeking public feedback on two major projects happening in Gig Harbor over the next year: the Stinson Avenue Intersection Improvements Project and the extension of the Cushman Trail.

Open until April 14, a five-question community survey to help city planners develop the Phase 5 master plan for the extended Cushman Trail is available for residents to offer their input.

Currently, the plan is to extend Cushman Trail by starting at the existing trailhead off Borgen Boulevard, heading north to the area around Southeast 160th Street and 66th Avenue Northwest at the county line.

For more on the Cushman Trail project, visit cushmantrailextentsion.com.

For the Stinson Avenue Intersection Improvements Project, the city is taking community comments through April 22.

At the council meeting Monday, a project update revealed the Stinson Avenue Watermain project will begin this summer.

Moving forward with a plan to construct a roundabout at the Stinson Avenue-Rosedale Street Northwest intersection, city planners are 75 percent complete with a design for the project, officials said.

City officials this month will also select a design consultant for the Harborview Drive-Stinson Avenue project, with part of that selection including a contractual obligation to conduct an alternative analysis to determine whether another roundabout or a traffic light would be best in that area.

The prospective Stinson Avenue roundabout projects are slated to begin in summer 2020.

Public comments on the various Stinson Avenue Intersection Improvements projects can be emailed to Maureen Whitaker at whitakerm@cityofgigharbor.net or provided via a comment card at the Gig Harbor Civic Center main reception desk, located at 3510 Grandview St.

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