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$1.7M planning grant for Bainbridge Island STO

$1.7M planning grant for Bainbridge Island STO

The City of Bainbridge Island will receive $1.7 million in federal funding to plan the Sound to Olympics Trail from Winslow to the Agate Passage Bridge.

The award is part of a larger, $16.13 million Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant, administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The grant will plan and design 100 miles of new multi-use trails in the Puget Sound to Pacific (PS2P) corridor, from Bainbridge Island to LaPush on the Pacific Ocean.

The RAISE grant was awarded to the City of Port Angeles. Co-applicants included the City of Bainbridge Island; the Washington State Department of Transportation; the Quileute and Suquamish tribes; Clallam, Jefferson and Kitsap counties; the cities of Forks, Port Townsend, Poulsbo, and Sequim; and the Port of Port Townsend.

The grant application was coordinated by the Puget Sound to Pacific Collaborative, an initiative of the […]

$1.7M planning grant for Bainbridge Island STODouglas2023-08-30T16:08:54-07:00

Kilmer announces $16.13M grant for PS2P

Kilmer announces $16.13M grant for PS2P

PORT ANGELES, WA – Today, U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) announced that the City of Port Angeles has been awarded a $16.13 million RAISE Discretionary Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. This grant will be used to plan and design approximately 34 active transportation components, addressing approximately 100 miles of gaps, community connections, and safety improvements for multi-use trails connecting Bainbridge Island on Puget Sound to the Pacific Coast.

“This is a big deal,” said Rep. Kilmer. “This investment in the Puget Sound to Pacific trail will help connect workers to jobs, local residents to essential services, and folks looking for recreation to some of our region’s natural treasures. Having the federal government provide this grant funding means we will see improved trail connectivity and better safety without the cost being borne entirely be taxpayers in our neck of the woods. That’s a huge win for our region.”

The Puget […]

Kilmer announces $16.13M grant for PS2PDouglas2023-06-26T11:05:11-07:00

New Puget Sound to Pacific Collaborative plans for 200-mile trail corridor

New Puget Sound to Pacific Collaborative plans for 200-mile trail corridor

The Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation is one of three organizations in the new Puget Sound to Pacific Collaborative, bringing communities together to plan and build a 200-mile multi-use trail from the ferry docks on Bainbridge Island, Kingston and Port Townsend to the Pacific Coast at La Push.

The PS2P Collaborative also includes the North Kitsap Trails Association, and the Peninsula Trails Coalition.

The Puget Sound to Pacific (PS2P) trail network would be bookended by the Olympic Discovery Trail and the Sound to Olympics Trail, linking communities and local connecting trails along the route.

Far more than a recreational trail, PS2P would be the spine of an “active transportation” corridor and greenway that shifts short commutes away from automobiles to human-scaled and people-powered travel modes like walking and bicycling. It aligns with transportation and climate goals and policies at every level of state and local government.

“One hundred miles are already complete, after 35 years of hard work by […]

New Puget Sound to Pacific Collaborative plans for 200-mile trail corridorDouglas2023-06-13T16:55:55-07:00

Take a hike for Celebrate Trails Day, April 24

Take a hike for Celebrate Trails Day, April 24

Hike, bike or horseback – however you do it, hit the trails on April 24.

The Bainbridge Island Parks Foundation joins the Rails To Trails Conservancy in marking National Trails Day, an annual celebration of America’s trails – the amazing network of public pathways, bikeways and byways linking neighborhoods, communities and the nation.

Did you know: Bainbridge Island now has more than 42 miles of public trails, winding through beautiful forests and meadows, bringing parks closer to our homes by walking and biking, and taking us deeper into nature.

The Sound To Olympics Trails “Winslow Connector” is among our newest and most popular trails. Fast becoming the island’s first-ever “linear park,” the STO Winslow Connector is also one link in the 3,700-mile national Great American Rail Trail that spans the continent from coast to coast, from the “other Washington” all the way to ours. More than […]

Take a hike for Celebrate Trails Day, April 24Douglas2021-04-16T14:53:24-07:00