Extend Myhre Road barricade, says Silverdale couple
July 7th, 2012 by travis bakerThe in basket: Pat and Sherri Burch of Silverdale said in an e-mail, “We are tired of playing dodge the U-Turn drivers on NW Myhre Road. It has gotten to the point of (being) dangerous. Ever since the No Left Turn sign and barricades went up just North of Ridgetop on Myhre where everyone used to turn for Costco, drivers have gotten creative. “They now stop in the turnout for the bus stop and make a U-Turn. We have learned to look for these errant drivers. Can the county extend the barricades just past the bus stop? Drivers must not be aware that they can make a left turn a few hundred yards down the road into Lowe’s which feeds into Costco parking. There WILL be a serious accident if this situation is not resolved soon.”
The out basket: Jeff Shea, Kitsap County traffic engineer, says, “We are aware of the situation. We are coordinating with the sheriff’s department on this issue and continue to monitor it for complaints and reported collisions. If it becomes a bigger problem, we would consider continuing the curbing to the bus stop.”
Tags: Myhre, Ridgetop, silverdale
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July 8th, 2012 at 8:50 am
OR just a SIGN up SHOWING THE TURN into Lowes/Costco parking lot with a BIG ARROW!
July 8th, 2012 at 10:29 am
A better solution would be to remove the barrier’s and let people turn there, for crying out loud. I used that route many, many times before and it wasn’t as problematic as many other places in the county.
July 10th, 2012 at 11:47 am
I agree, get rid of the barrier. I never saw a problem in my thousand times of turning in and out of there.
July 10th, 2012 at 3:21 pm
I take this route to work daily and prior to the barrier this stretch of road was very problematic. Not necessarily for the people making the turn into Costco but for everyone else trying to simply drive the road. Removing the barrier is not the solution. There are other routes into Costco. Let the traffic on the main road travel freely.