The in basket: Seeing mention of a designated detour around the recent week-long closure of Seabeck-Holly Road for a culvert replacement reminded me that my neighbor Harold Fitzwater had wondered why the same thing wasn’t done to direct people around the work on Mile Hill Drive between Long Lake Road and Colchester Drive.
The in basket: Seeing mention of a designated detour around the
recent week-long closure of Seabeck-Holly Road for a culvert
replacement reminded me that my neighbor Harold Fitzwater had
wondered why the same thing wasn’t done to direct people around the
work on Mile Hill Drive between Long Lake Road and Colchester
Drive.
A lot of people know how to get around the work without being told,
but Harold thinks the number of cars waiting to follow a pilot car
through the work zone would be reduced and so the delays shortened
if there was a marked detour.
The out basket: Doug Bear of Kitsap County Public Works said the
county usually doesn’t sign detours unless the road is closed, and
Mile Hill Drive has remained open, though often reduced to just one
lane, throughout the work. Further, he said, there are so many
possible detour routes in that area of South Kitsap that signing
one might imply that the others aren’t open and create
confusion.
