Volume 2: Draft Gorst Planned Action Environmental Impact Statement

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GORST PLANNED ACTION EIS | AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT, SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS, AND MITIGATION MEASURESdevelopment of connections from residential areas to regional trail systems should be identified to promoteincrease use of these facilities.Infrastructure needs for non-motorized transportation/commuter and mixed bicycle/pedestrian user groups areidentified in the Kitsap County Bicycle Facilities Plan. Planning programs for trails are maintained in trail plans, suchas the Mosquito Fleet Trail Master Plan. Regular review and update of these plans will help ensure thatinfrastructure and services needed to meet increased demand for non-motorized facilities will be identified.TransitTransit operations and facilities would be affected by the increase in travel demand created by any of thealternatives. The travel statistics summarized in Table 3.11-7 Summary of Gorst Area Travel Statistics indicate thattransit person trips would increase by about 28 percent county wide. These increases would require a substantialincrease in hours of operations and some capital facilities such as park and ride lots. Expansion of the urban areaswould result in new or extended bus routes in addition to more frequent service. Commuter routes would also seeincreased demand, affecting park and ride lots, transit centers, and flyer stops. As discussed previously, the GorstArea currently is not served directly by Kitsap Transit. With the projected county wide increase in transit persontrips, it is conceivable that new routes could be added which could include the Gorst area.Rail and AirportsProjected growth in the county would affect demand on rail and airports in Kitsap County. In general asemployment and population increase, the requirement for these services would also increase.Rail activity would be affected by an increase in commerce reflected in increased employment and is owned by theU.S. Department of Defense. Airport activity would increase as recreational and employment activities increase.The demand on rail and airports from the Gorst UGA is considered negligible when compared to the overalldemand from the county.Impacts of Alternative 1Alternative 1 retains the existing highway-oriented commercial and industrial center as well as the large mineralresource along Sinclair Heights. This land use results in the projections for employment being 74 percent higherthan the projected number of households. From a transportation perspective, this land use promotes trips into theGorst Area to the various employers from other area in the County. The largest employment densities will remainin the center part of the Gorst Area near the intersection of SR 3 and SR 16. WSDOT has indicated that the junctionof SR 3 and SR 16 is the most congested location in Kitsap County. This alternative will only further degrade thisintersection due to access to and from the highways to the local business located on both sides of the highways.As this alternative does not provide as much housing as Alternatives 2 and 3, the projected traffic on the countyroadways will be less with this alternative as there would less work to home trips that originate outside of theGorst Area.Impacts of Alternative 2The commercial area envisioned for Alternative 2 is similar to the commercial areas in Alternative 1 with theexception that the mineral resource area along Sinclair Heights would be would developed as medium densityresidential. With this change, Alternative 2 is projected to have 479 additional households compared to Alternative1 and 135 fewer jobs. With the majority of the housing being added to the north portion of the Gorst UGA, thehome-work trips associated with this development are primarily routed on the existing county roadways ratherthan the highways. The traffic projections for this alternative show that the majority of the trips generated fromthe new residential developments are directed north toward Werner Road to access employment areas to thenorth and east while the remaining trips are directed to the southwest and east via Belfair Road and SamChristopherson Avenue.Draft | June 2013 3-172
GORST PLANNED ACTION EIS | AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT, SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS, AND MITIGATION MEASURESWhile some of the commercial areas near the waterfront are converted to open space with this alternative, thedensity of the type of commercial developments envisioned for this alternative will result in similar trafficoperational concerns on SR 3 and SR 16 in the center of the Gorst UGA as Alternative 1. Trips accessing thiscommercial area will be employment trips originating from outside of the Gorst Area as well as number of tripsoriginating outside of the area that are destined to the various commercial developments along the statehighways.The inclusion of pedestrian friendly commercial developments between SR 3 and Sinclair inlet will result in anincreased pedestrian demand from the residential areas to the waterfront. This increase in demand will create asafety concern for pedestrians crossing the highway at grade.Impacts of Alternative 3Alternative 3 would convert the resource area along Sinclair Heights to residential but with a different mix ofresidential than Alternative 2. Under this alternative, an additional 536 housing units would be added incomparison to Alternative 1. However due to the presence of small scale commercial developments near theresidential development as well as the inclusion of trails and pedestrian facilities, these additional housing unitswould actually result in a reduction in the volumes on the local county roadway as compared to Alternative 2. Aswith Alternative 2, the traffic projections for this alternative show that the majority of the trips generated from thenew residential developments are directed north toward Werner Road to access employment areas to the northand east while the remaining trips are directed to the southwest and east via Belfair Road and Sam ChristophersonAvenue.The biggest change with this Alternative is the change in the type and intensity of commercial developments withthe central area of the Gorst UGA. This lower intensity development will result in 408 fewer jobs in the Gorst UGAas compared with Alternative 1. The combination of lower density commercial and the change in the land usealong the waterfront such that access control along SR 3 can be more readily implemented, the traffic operationsalong the state highways with this alternative is expected to be the least disruptive with this alternative than theother 2 alternatives.The inclusion of pedestrian friendly commercial developments between SR 3 and Sinclair inlet will result in anincreased pedestrian demand from the residential areas to the waterfront. This increase in demand will create asafety concern for pedestrians crossing the highway at grade.Mitigation MeasuresIncorporated Plan FeaturesAll alternatives would implement City of Bremerton and County Comprehensive Plan Transportation Elementsincluding adopted policies regarding levels of service, concurrency, TDM, etc.The Draft Gorst Creek Watershed Characterization & Framework Plan and Draft Gorst Subarea Plan include thefollowing policies that would address transportation impacts:• Manage land use and growth to avoid increases in traffic congestion, and create opportunities forimprovements to existing congestion.• Improve safety and circulation, and improve transportation mode choices including transit, bicycle,pedestrian, and automobiles.• Encourage improved Kitsap Transit service such as added park and ride facilities.• Design roads to incorporate gateway treatments, boulevard style streetscape improvements, and accessimprovements to invite the community to Gorst and allow convenient travel to regional businesses.Draft | June 2013 3-173
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