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Veterans day is coming up.

     Please think about all the service members who have sacrifice their lives for your freedom this week.  I spent 21 years defending our country and never asked for anything in return, I never really wanted anything, there were times that I was embarrassed about being in the military because of society's perception.

     My values changed, and now I realize more than ever that what I did wasn't for anyone for me but for everyone else.  I did it for my kids, my wife and my parents, I wanted them to grow up with the same freedom that I had.

    Every time I see someone in uniform now it's different for me, I want to stand up and salute them, I want them to know I understand, more I want them to know I appreciate the sacrifice they are giving, I did it myself and I truly understand. 

     Please take a couple minutes and thank someone you know this week for the service and sacrifice they have given.  If you don’t know anyone, reach out, they will appreciate it more than you will ever know.

 

 Thanks, Brady Howard

USN (ET/SS/DV) Retired, and proud!!!!!

 

 

BREMERTON — A proposed Sinclair Inlet Trail between Bremerton and Gorst could include separate lanes for bicycles and pedestrians along much of the route, according to a "concept plan" to be discussed Thursday night.

Initial ideas in the trails plan — which also includes ideas to restore shorelines and control stormwater — rely on narrow corridors along both sides of the existing railroad tracks. At the two ends of the trail, where there is almost no land along the water, the walking path would cross the tracks and merge with the bike path.

The trail project has been in the planning stage for three years, though it has been the dream of many people for much longer, said Don Larson, president of Kitsap Trees and Shoreline Association, which sponsored the planning effort.

Bryan Bowden of the National Park Service helped organize the effort and bring together various design elements.

Bowden said the idea to separate the bike path from the walking path came out of a series of planning meetings involving many community members. It may be more feasible to put the paths together on the highway side of the tracks, he said, but he chose to leave the plan as it came out of the committee.

"These things tend to morph over time," he noted.

Some of the strongest supporters of the plan are bicycle commuters who would like a safe route from their homes in South Kitsap through Gorst to their places of work in Bremerton, Larson said. Getting people out of their cars and onto their bikes will reduce traffic and pollution while improving people's health, he added.

The bike path would be off the highway and separated from cars with some kind of physical barrier and landscaping, according to the plan. A physical barrier also would lie between the bike path and the railroad tracks, where the space would generally be 12 feet from the tracks except in a few narrow spaces, where the separation would be 8 feet.

If the walking path were placed on the opposite side of the tracks, it would offer unobstructed views of the water. The plans calls for a space of at least 12 feet from the tracks wherever possible, as well as a physical barrier.

Bowden said the spaces were measured initially, but it will take engineering work to confirm a final design.

Area residents are encouraged to offer their ideas during a public meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Norm Dicks Government Center, 345 Sixth St. in Bremerton. The preliminary plan can be found on the website of the Kitsap Trees and Shoreline Association, www.grantsolutions.biz/kitsa/website.

In addition to the trail, the plan identifies several possible restoration projects. The most ambitious is the restoration of a 4,000-foot reach of shoreline in the Windy Point area south of the Highway 3/304 interchange. The project would involve the creation of a 25- to 35-foot backshore area with a sloping beach that could be enhanced with imported gravel and planted with dune grass.

"This enhancement would greatly expand on the surf smelt spawning beach recently documented by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife at Windy Point," the plan states. "This area would also provide enhanced nearshore habitat for juvenile salmon, other fish and wildlife as well as a great recreational beach opportunity where none exists today."

Another area proposed for enhancement includes what is called the Viking Fence lagoon at the edge of Gorst, where the railroad tracks cross over the highway. With stormwater controls and treatment, the man-made lagoon could become a valuable saltwater marsh, according to the plan.

Other enhancements could include the restoration of Wright Creek, also known as Charleston Creek. The forgotten stream drains down the hill in a man-made channel before entering a culvert that discharges into Sinclair Inlet. Natural meanders could be added to the creek, reducing the velocity of flow, the plan states. Removing the culvert and improving the highway crossing would enhance fish habitat in the mile-long stream.

Following a 30-day comment period, the plan will be revised with additional information. It could be adopted by local governments and possibly the Navy and Washington Department of Transportation, thus enhancing the effort to obtain state and federal grants for various aspects of the project, Bowden said.

While the trail idea has met with the most support, the environmental projects bring added value to the plan, he noted.

"By combining surface water management, shoreline restoration and bicycle access," he said, "you bring together groups that improve your potential for implementation."

Join a discussion about all things water-related at Watching Our Water Ways, http://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways, a blog at pugetsoundblogs.com.