Taylor Clark talked with Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro about the Port Townsend Transportation Benefit District, and the sales tax funding measure that passed this week with 80% of the vote. John expressed great appreciation to the community for stepping up to fix our roads.

Taylor Clark and John Mauro were joined by Tyler Johnson who is part of the city’s Engineering team to talk about some projects that are going on right now. We focused on the almost complete effort on 24th between San Juan and Discovery road. We talked about funding sources and upcoming plans for 2023 and 2024. More information can be found at Cityofpt.us… Departments… Public works… Capital Projects… Here’s a shortcut to maps.

Taylor Clark and John Mauro discussed some upcoming projects in Port Townsend, some information about the budget process, some possible availability of state grants for parks, and an upcoming outside meeting with City Council to look at the pool. And maybe some other stuff too.

Taylor Clark and John Mauro talked with Port Townsend Mayor David Faber about a number of things, many of which came up in a long council meeting last Monday. Topics included Cherry Street and the golf course, Plus David is a dad!

KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and co-host City Manager John Mauro briefly discussed the Kearney Street Roundabout state road project, and then moved on to talk about Evans Vista. For more information about Evans Vista check out the council agenda packet for their 10/9/2023 meeting. It starts on page 25.

Taylor Clark and John Mauro welcomed Rob Birman (excutive director at Centrum) here today in his role as a board member for the Port Townsend Creative District. The District supports artists of all types in their creative pursuits. They are planning two meetings to gather community input to help guide their mission. Meetings are Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 7-9pm at the Cotton Building and Thursday, October 12, 4-6pm at Fort Worden Commons

Taylor Clark and John Mauro‘s guest is Laura Parsons, who is with the city engineering department and has been spearheading the Discovery Road project which starts up in October. Learn more by listening in here, and checking the city website .

Co-hosts Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro discussed the City Council Special Meeting that took place Monday about the golf course. Reportedly progress is being made.

Co-hosts Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro discussed the project to build a roundabout on State Route 20 at Kearney Street, the South Jetty project at Point Hudson, and some more on edge lane roads. We had a listener question about the possibility of an edge lane road on the section of Cherry Street that goes over the hill towards Fort Worden. We also had a question that did not make it on the air about how to provide feedback before the upcoming golf course decision on September 25. The short answer is publiccomment@cityofpt.us