Turn Point / Pear Point Connector Road

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Public Works will build a connector road between Turn Point and Pear Point Roads, using local funds and the county road crew, and they hope to start in the fall of this year.

It is anticipated that this road will funnel traffic, especially trucks, off Warbass Way and away from the ferry lanes in town.

“We have verbal agreement from all the affected property owners,” said county engineer Rachel Dietzman last week, “and we have found a solution that suits everybody.” (See map.)

The road will be constructed on property owned by Mike and Jeri Ahrenius, the Community Property L.L.C., Jai Boreen, Vince Buck, and Caroline Norman. Most of these owners will benefit from the new road, but Dietzman especially thanked the Ahreniuses for granting their share of the right-of-way at no cost. “They are community minded and believe in the value of the project,” she said.

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The route across the gravel pit property was retained by the county when it gifted the area to Island Rec after purchasing it from LaFarge Canada Inc. once the gravel pit operation shut down.

There will be a turn-around, the first in San Juan County, at the top of the road coming up from Shipyard Cove, so that trucks coming off freight boats can more easily turn left to access the new connector road. Click here for a larger, printable PDF of the graphic above.

Story by Louise Dustrude

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