Volume 2: Draft Gorst Planned Action Environmental Impact Statement

GORST PLANNED ACTION EIS | AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT, SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS, AND MITIGATION MEASURESThe Transportation 2040 plan does recognize operational shortcomings within the Gorst UGA and includes somemidterm and long projects associated with improvements to SR 3 and the interchange of SR3 and SR 16.Countywide Planning Policies (CPP)KRCC is the local council of governments for Kitsap County; the Cities of Bremerton, Bainbridge Island, PortOrchard, and Poulsbo; the Port of Bremerton; and the Suquamish and Port Gamble/S’Klallam Tribes. The KRCC isresponsible for: maintaining and updating Kitsap CPP; allocating federal transportation funding; 2060 Low IncomeHousing Program grants; Community Development Block Grant funding; and facilitating intraregional andinterregional coordination. The Council’s Board is composed of elected officials from Kitsap County, cities locatedwithin the county, Tribes located within the county, and the Port of Bremerton.CPP, which were developed by the KRCC and adopted in 2011, support the following stated goals.• Optimize and manage the safe use of transportation facilities and services.• Reduce the rate of growth in auto traffic, including the number of vehicle trips, the number of miles traveled,and length of vehicle trips taken, for both commute and non-commute trips.• Minimize the environmental impacts of transportation facilities and improvements.• Recognize differences in density, character, and development patterns throughout the county.• Support transit and pedestrian travel appropriate to each type of urban and rural development.• Create multimodal transportation linkages between designated local and regional centers.• Identify preferred routes for freight movement and support compatible land uses along those routes.• Facilitate inter-jurisdictional coordination.• Coordinate intra-county transportation planning efforts.• Provide coordinated and consistent LOS standards.Kitsap County Comprehensive Plan Transportation ChapterThe Kitsap County Comprehensive Plan Transportation Chapter is the County’s long-range transportation planningdocument, which satisfies the requirements of GMA and defines the transportation policies, methods, andpriorities for the County transportation system over a 20-year planning period. The Transportation Chapter isguided by the countywide transportation planning policies, as described in the previous section. The collectiveanalysis in the County’s integrated Comprehensive Plan/EIS and CFP, meets the content requirements of GMA andother guiding laws and rules, and includes an inventory of transportation infrastructure and services within thecounty; establishes operational standards; provides analysis methods and results for operations of thetransportation system; and provides a financially balanced transportation improvement plan to ensure that thetransportation system is adequate to support the long-range land use plan.Bremerton Comprehensive Plan Transportation ChapterThe City of Bremerton Comprehensive Plan Transportation Element is the City of Bremerton’s long-rangetransportation planning document, which satisfies the requirements of GMA and defines the transportationpolicies, methods, and priorities for the City of Bremerton’s transportation system. The Transportation Elementprimarily supports the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan but also complements each of the other planelements. The Transportation element emphasizes the need to consider pedestrians and bicycles in transportationplanning as well as working toward setting standards on heavily used arterials to enable mobility. TheTransportation Element establishes LOS Criteria, documents existing deficiencies, discusses future conditions andassociated deficiencies and provides proposed transportation improvements and costs.Draft | June 2013 3-151