Op-Ed: Why Kitsap County Can't Stop Sprawling
Community News • January 8, 2026
Author Travis Merrigan of The Urbanist explores the history of Kitsap's development plans over recent decades and highlights failures to prevent suburban sprawl.
In this op-ed piece Merrigan encourages, "It’s not too late for Kitsap County to bend the curve on forest destruction, traffic growth and sprawl, and build the walkable communities that 30 years of Comprehensive Plans have called for. But it must break with the status quo of prioritizing rural subdivisions above concentrated development.”
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