The in basket: Larry Guidici writes, “I drive through Silverdale regularly. What is going on under the surface of Silverdale Way adjacent to the tractor store?
“(Several) weeks ago the surface became ‘mogully’ across the direction of traffic. There was some work done on either side of the roadway, at the curbs. But the moguls are between the two work areas where a bazzillion cars drive each day. Am I in danger of driving into a crevasse? Or worse, a Kitsap County storm drain?”
The out basket: The roughness resulted from a water main break on Nov. 7, says Eric Pickard of the Silverdale Water District.
Since then, the water district has been making intermittent repairs when the surface gets too bad, as directed by Kitsap County, Eric says. The patch that stretches across the road near Carlton Street, done Feb. 10, was the most recent work.
They will permanently repair it next summer. They will be replacing a number of water mains installed in the 1940s between Anderson Hill Road and Lowell Street, then give about 70 feet of Silverdale Way a finished paving across all four or five lanes. Eric says he expects that to happen in June or July.
Incidentally, the water main break could have done a lot more damage had not water district Maintenance Manager Tim Knapp happened past the spot just after water from the break surfaced that Saturday night and called in repair crews immediately. A major sink hole might have developed had the problem gone unnoticed for a couple hours, Eric said.
