Road Warrior

The in basket: I learned a lesson recently in mailing something at one of those drive-up mailboxes outside post offices, in this case, the one in Port Orchard.
One recent Monday, I happened to be returning a couple of Netflix DVDs shortly before 1 p.m., the designated time for collection of the mail in the four outside boxes. When the DVDs didn’t slide away from me into Box Number 1 as I expected, I reached in and found it so full that I could pull out my mail and a lot more. I put everything back and checked Box 2. Same thing, and Box 3 was just as full. Only Box 4 had room for the mail to slide out of reach.

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The in basket: Gary Johnson e-mails to say “The speed bumps and other obstructions on Tracyton Boulevard have proven to be a total disaster.
“Traffic has been diverted from Tracyton to Nels Nelson and Central Valley,” he said, overloading both streets and increasing the traffic volumes in school zones on both of these roads.
“When will these stupid traffic impediments be removed, so that the public can use this thoroughfare as it should be,” Gary asked.

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The in basket: Richard Nerf of Bremerton says that on Oct. 18, the day of a big fall windstorm, he found the traffic light at the northbound off-ramp from Highway 3 at Newberry Hill Road behaving in a way he didn’t think was possible.

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The in basket: Isaac A. Steele of Kingston says “When traveling northbound on Miller Bay Road, why are there two sets of traffic lights at the intersection with West Kingston Road?

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The in basket: Anne Pitman of Seabeck says “If I was a state highway planner, the first thing I’d do is create an on- and off-ramp somewhere around the intersection of Anderson Hill Road and Old Frontier Road (in Silverdale) for direct access to Highway 3.

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Seven voice mail messages left for the Road Warrior on the phone number (360) 792-9217 between Nov. 1 and Nov. 9 were lost without being heard. If you left a message on that line during that time, please call again.

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The in basket: Harvey Priest says Washington Avenue beyond its intersection with Sixth Street in Bremerton has gotten dangerous since its southbound two lanes were reduced to one as the new condos were built.
He was one of two readers who said the squealing of tires there has become common as impatient southbound drivers in the inside lane of Washington race ahead when the light turns green.

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The in basket: It looks like it’s time to again debunk the scurrilous e-mail making the rounds purportedly telling of massive increases in fines for traffic violations in this state.

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The in basket: Months ago, Cheryl Stauff of Boston’s Deli & Pizza in Bremerton contacted the newspaper about the large number of cars she was seeing from the vantage point of her Burwell Street restaurant that were continuing straight on southbound Washington Avenue into the one-way stretch heading the other way from the ferry terminal. It was almost a daily occurrence and an accident hazard, she said, and asked if better signage or lights could prevent that.

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The in basket: L.D. Curvin of Port Orchard was disappointed in the promptness of the plowing of the snow that fell in the Silverdale area Sunday morning, Dec. 2.
“It began to snow around Gorst,” she said. “We were so very angry that we completed our trek to the Silverdale Mall exit and never saw a single plow!
“We decided to turn and head south as we had seen no effort
to clear the highway and we didn’t know how much worse it would get,” she said.
While we were slowly navigating southbound we saw three snow plows heading north! Why three heading north when not one section of highway was plowed from
Silverdale to Bremerton?” she asked.

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