Squeaky Wheels is pressing Bainbridge Island City Council to address key safety issues on five roads around the island. In a joint meeting with the citizen-led Non-motorized Transportation Advisory Committee in October, Squeaky Wheels and the committee adopted a slimmed down list of projects that require immediate attention to make them safer. The five roads are: Eagle Harbor Drive between Bucklin Hill and Wyatt; Lynnwood Center Road between Fletcher Bay and Blakely Avenue; Fletcher Bay Road between New Brooklyn Avenue and High School Road; and Miller Road between Tolo Road and Koura Road.
As part of the mission to get these roads improved soon, Squeaky Wheels board members testified before the city council on several occasions, requesting that a portion of the recent Washington State Ferry settlement money be allocatted to one of these projects - Eagle Harbor Drive. The council also heard from other groups, as well as receiving pressure to spend the $2M settlement on a waterfront use.
Even if no funds are put aside from the settlement, the board aims to raise the public awareness of the condition of these five roads by placing signs - 10 in total - on the verges requesting that members of the public contact the city council or city manager. Look for these distinctive red and yellow signs by the road sign - and follow up with a call urging the city to fix those roads.
You can follow coverage of the issue in the Bainbridge Review - www.bainbridgereview.com
For individual city council members, see www.ci.bainbridge-isl.wa.us/city_council.aspx