FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Subject: Working group meets to discuss traffic safety concerns in Hansville
Date: May 16, 2008
Contact: Anne Blair
Phone: 360-337-4426 or 206-214-7907

WHAT: Community Meeting

WHERE: Greater Hansville Area Community Center

WHEN: Wednesday, May 21
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

(Port Orchard) Work begins next week to forge a community-based solution to traffic concerns in Hansville. "I am totally committed to helping the Community create a solution that will meet the interests of those who support the speed tables and those who do not," said Kitsap County Commissioner Steve Bauer. At a well-attended meeting on the topic in April, Bauer created a working group from volunteers interested in developing solutions. The first meeting of the group is May 21st from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Greater Hansville Area Community Center. The public is invited, but is reminded that this a working meeting for the group, and not a time for public testimony.

"I want to bring folks on both sides of the issue together to find a common solution to the problem," said Bauer. To that end the County is bringing in Molly Gordon and Hidda Van Duym, professional facilitators, to lead the discussion. The facilitators will help the group develop a list of the major traffic-safety concerns, and focus the discussion on speed tables. Through this work the group will develop options best-suited for the identified concerns.