The Manson Community Council will be hosting it's 2nd Manson Community Forum tonight beginning at 6 at the North Shore Bible Church in Manson.
The forum will include Manson School District Superintendent Tabatha Mires. The Chelan-Douglas Transportation Council will provide an update on the Chelan to Manson Trail Project, and representatives from the Chelan County Commission and Public Works will update attendees on the Totem Pole Road Project.
Manson Community Council vice-chair Chris Willoughby says state transportation officials want to hear the community concern about highway 150.
"From Rocky Point to Manson, we need a left turn lane because people often time are stopped and back up traffic 10-15 cars, so a left turn lane would create more of a safety buffer," said Willoughby. "The DOT (Washington Department of Transportation) commission, they came out and they toured and I think they saw that there was an issue that needs to be addressed."
Willoughby also pointed to pedestrian and traffic safety along the Chelan-Manson trail as "Rocky Point has been a really, really hard area for bikes and cars together and the reason is its so narrow and there's not really a shoulder. The state a few years back put in a light so when a bike goes past it starts flashing to let people know there's bikes on the road. Now they're talking about actually putting the trail off the highway and a system where it (the trail) will actually go over the lake and go around Rocky Point."
Improvement along Totem Pole Road will also be discussed at the forum.
"Originally the project was estimated to be about $5 million and that was pre-COVID, and the cost of materials has gone up," Chelan County Public Works Director Eric Pierson said. "The projected cost today is $9 million. We're splitting the project up into two phases. We do have funding through the Chelan-Douglas Transportation Council and the (county) commissioners for phase one which will go from the lake up tp just past Green on Totem Pole."
"The true road improvement that you typically see with sidewalks and so forth is going to be from Wapato Way up to just past Green," Pierson added. "Everything down on Harris Street is going to be pretty substantial storm water treatment that captures not only the future project but the existing storm water that's there on Wapato Way."
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