Paper by Stephen Howard

While the concept of the sports facility is good, the site has some problems, most of which involve water. I could talk about the potential for noise and light contamination of the Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park, the possibility of an endangered species residing in or near the planned site, the heat-islands created by the asphalt and structures. I could mention the potential for increased traffic in the area of SR104/SR307 to increase the number of traffic accidents, or the near-dearth of bus traffic to that area, but those aren’t water, so I’ll get to that subject.
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