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Page A—8 — Shelton-Mason County Journal — Thursday, April 14, Road: Residents share concerns about losing road access continued from page A-1 county, road money or with state matching money in Both al- ternatives improve the-area environ- mentally for fish passage, but alterna— tive two provides the potential for fu- ture benefits related to the Campbell Creek structure. “Alternative two would achieve the project goal at a significantly lower cost compared to alternative one,” the Alternatives Evaluation Summary states. “Alternative two will save an estimated $2.7 million over alterna- tive one in near-term project costs and has additional benefits over a longer term.” ' V Smith said the county met with the State Department of Fish and'Wild— life before the open house and WDFW prefers alternative two. . Robert Meacham, who lives on East Sunset Road near the culvert and bridge, said he sees “a problem being created by county bureaucrats.” “They want to terminate our Ag- ate Loop Road, which is our prima- ry way, and they say, well you can merely drive around,” Meacham told the Journal. “It didn’t go over well with myself and obviously, it has not I gone over well with a number of other people here. What they want to ac- tually do is terminate the road just beyond the bridge that’s "there, sim- ply cut the road off so there’s a nat- ural crook running through there. I can’t see any advantage to thisat all. They’re saying they have to take the culvert out thatis there right at the moment and replace it with a big- ger culvert and a bridge? This is not Pcninsula (,‘olnmunily Health Services provides accessible, nfiordublr, qrmlily lwalilz and wellness services [or our communities. Voted HES"! limit/i Clinic Four Years in n Row! Eh:le . areas " eat is“ ’ . stir erases areas assets as K, a; Robert Meacham Longtime East Sunset Road resident Residents look at maps of project alternatives at The Agate Grange .No. 275 on April 7 in Shelton. Journal photo by Matt Baide necessary because the culvert that’s there, the salmon are using it quite Peninsula , _ Community North Mason School District Campus Gym 300 E. Campus Drive, Belfair, WA 98528 Shelton location: 627 W. Franklin St., Shelton 98584 We share space with Consejo Counseling Referral Service 360-377-3776 0 www.pchsweb.org Additional locations in Bremerton, Pou/sbo, Port Orchard, Kingston, and Silverdale Coming Soon to the Key Peninsula! 1626 Olympic Hwy N, Shelton www.5heltonbental.com 36 a . aw Valiant Splittile . . with paid cleaning . ' Exam 5 may Valued at $199 Sec office for detail: “ht—3N“ It!“ layman-nu! mac/um “, . Dentistry for your whole family! "VI ‘ t 0-425-4712 nicely? Meacham said the county is saying the money that could be saved on this project could go to other proj- ects, including the Belfair sewer. He said it will take him five more min- utes to drive around to a place he’s . lived for years. . “My opinion is that the culverts there are adequate,” Meacham said. “If they can prove to me that they’re being forced to put a larger culvert in there, I might buy it. I’ve done some research on this and it’s a vague area. Since the salmon are going through there right at this time, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Meacham said a lot of the people at the open house agree with him to keep the road intact. ' One of those people who does not agree with Meacham is Willie Kick. “I’m for the fish,” Kick told the Journal. “I want the fish to live.” V Kick said he lives 200 yards from Uncle John Creek and there are a few fish on the creek behind his house, . but he was told years ago, there was a very good run of salmon. Kick said it’s a problem that needs to be solved. “It floods a lot, it’s a big mess and I’d like to see it removed,” Kick said. Smith said the next steps are to take the comments fromthe commu- nity received at the open house and identify all the issues that were raised and put it into a spreadsheet and pres- ent it to the commissioners to decide. Commissioner Randy Neatherlin at— tended the open house and spoke with many people about the project. The public comment period on the project ended Tuesday, and all com- ments will— be considered in the de- partment’s final recommendation to the county commissioners. ’ 512 W Franklin St, Shelton, WA 98584 360.426.3327 We pride ourselves in customer service. ' V C Locally Owned Independent Pharmacy and‘Gift Shop Open Monday - Friday 9am - 6pm Saturday 10am - 2pm 0 Sunday — Closed 00