Kallgren Road Decision Appealed
From the Bainbridge Island Review:
The path toward resolving the conflict over Kallgren Road is a few miles longer.
Residents and a developer last week appealed a city decision that would require a connection of Kallgren to Day Road, if plans go forward to build homes at Kallgren’s dead end.
“Unfortunately, we had to go this far,” said Rebecca Robins, a member of the newly formed Kallgren Road Preservation Society. “We had hoped there was an amicable way, but there was no other choice. We exhausted all our other options – petitions, talks with the mayor, public works, the City Council, the planning department.
“We didn’t get anywhere, so it’s inevitable that we had to appeal.”
The city’s Department of Planning and Community Development issued a decision earlier this month to make approval of a short plat amendment at the road’s end contingent upon a connection to Day Road.
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| Go to Home - Most Recent PostsBut the residents’ appeal contends that no detailed traffic study calls for a new connection at Kallgren Road.
They also cite portions of the city’s Comprehensive Plan that support the preservation of the island’s rural character and quiet residential neighborhoods, while focusing new growth and road development in the Winslow core.
In addition, Kallgren residents say a connection to Day Road, an island thoroughfare, would increase safety risks as more vehicles traverse their neighborhood.
Christensen’s appeal goes further, insisting that the city’s approval requirements do not match the size and scope of the proposed developments.
The city’s requirement for a fire access line, and the addition of a new fire hydrant, are “unnecessary, duplicative, excessive, and disproportionate, and therefore, illegal,” according to Christensen’s attorney.
Christensen’s appeal also states that the city should pay the estimated $30,000 needed for the connection and road improvements the city would require.
January 7th, 2006 at 7:51 pm
People were circulating through the neighborhood today letting us know that the road “won’t be going through.” I wasn’t aware any decision was forthcoming, and I have no details … but everyone was pretty happy. Apparently there will be details in the paper this Wednesday.
January 8th, 2006 at 6:12 am
The last I heard, the Christensen’s had sold the property and there was a strong chance a narrower version of the road was going through. So I guess we’ll have to wait for some official word.