BY RACHEL PRITCHETT
The third year was the charm for the Port of Bremerton, which
received $1.1 million in the state-capital budget to complete a
portion of Cruiser Loop Road in the northeast section of Olympic
View Industrial Park.
The money also will allow for infrastructure along the
half-completed road that will open up eight new pads for
prospective light industrial tenants.
The project is different from the port’s uncompleted road into the
South Kitsap Industrial Area, stopped because funding ran out.
The Cruiser Loop Road project could start in a year. Half has been
build; another 700 feet means it’s done.
Three years ago, the port asked for a similar appropriation to
build a road into its proposed SEED project, or Sustainable Energy
and Economic Development project. The project died, and the port
retuned its proposal for the Cruiser Loop Road and pad work. The
Legislature took it out of the budget last year, but the port
finally succeeded.
“You can’t give up,” said Cary Bozeman, chief executive
officer.
