Joint Compatibility Transportation Plan Overview

The City of Bremerton has been awarded a Department of Defense Office of Economic Adjustment grant to undertake a comprehensive commuter traffic plan. The award is the culmination of an effort, led by Mayor Wheeler, that demonstrates the Navy’s common interest with the City to resolve traffic and parking conflicts. The study, formally called the “Joint Compatibility Transportation Plan”, will create a responsive and actionable plan to address transportation issues in Bremerton and ensure Bremerton’s growth will not impede Naval Base Kitsap – Bremerton (NBK-BR) missions which are critical to our Nation’s military readiness.  

$675,000 in Department of Defense funds and $75,000 of City funds have been committed to the project.  The $750,000 will be utilized to conduct a commuter transportation study that will:

• Examine existing and future need related to all transportation modes serving NBK-Bremerton, including parking, pedestrian facilities, transit facilities; etc.,
• Develop solutions to resolve deficits,
• Evaluate options to mitigate transportation and parking demands,
• and, develop a prioritized implementation plan.  

Study Progress and Schedule

The study is currently in full swing, and the technical team is led by engineering consultant Parametrix. Using feedback from public outreach the team has created a draft Preferred Alternative. The Preferred Alternative was evaluated, and the results of the evaluation were presented to the Community Sounding Board on September 21, 2022. The meeting materials and notes can be found below under “Community Sounding Board #5”. The Preferred Alternative was presented at a public meeting on October 11, 2022, a recording of the meeting and a meeting summary may be found below.  
 
Here are some other tasks that our technical team has completed:

• Existing and 2050 traffic analysis.
• Existing conditions survey.
• Baseline economic assessment.
• Public survey report.
• Solutions and alternatives development.
• Evaluation matrix (for testing the effectiveness of the alternatives).
• Evaluation of alternatives.
• Development and evaluate a draft preferred alternative

Here are some tasks that our Community Sounding Board has accomplished:

• Review existing conditions and survey reports.
• Review and comment on list of potential corridor elements (i.e., solutions or projects).
• Review evaluation matrix.
• Review results of alternatives evaluation.
• Review the draft Preferred Alternative

Once feedback from the Community Sounding Board and the public has been gathered regarding the proposed preferred alternative the project team will make final refinements to the alternative and will begin a phasing plan for the implementation of the improvements.  Once finalized the full plan will be presented in a final report and will be approved by the City Council.