So when the boat launch at Point No Point shut down in 2002, I participated in meetings shortly thereafter to re-establish a launch there. It is a great, centrally located water access to PNP, Pilot Point, Possession, Mutiny and Useless Bays, etc. Point No Point. I also see benefit having recreational boaters there for emergency response. Last year, there were 2-3 events, with an average of 1 per year. User traffic is increasing at the park, and so water emergencies can be expected to increase as well. The recreational and rescue needs are there.

So, in 2003 there were meetings to plan "on a fast track" and funds were approved. Then, DNR and Kitsap County SEPA planning "EXPERTS" screwed the whole thing up for so long, that the approved grant money expired, and they had to start over again. (How much did that all cost with zero produced?)

Today, I applaud the current Corps, WDFW Region 6 Michelle Culver and crew, and Commissioner Rob Gelder, poggie club and all for continuing the cause. The paved lot is in, bathrooms in, grass-seeded overflow parking, LOOKS GREAT, but no launch (guess who won't sign off). The project ends at the high tide line, and the ramp is supposed to be ready next year. ANOTHER YEAR?
I'm 52. This has taken 12 YEARS and over $2 million to do. I've lived in and fished Area 9 for 15 years. If I fish another 20 years, the project has taken 35% of my fishing life to occur. What a wasteful, unproductive system.

Rant over.

Seems to be the thing around kitsap. The misery point launch???? Good luck with a boat over 15 on any tide below a +5. Had plans and approved for a deep water launch just to be cancelled. Seabeck marina.......wow what a cluster f--- that is(don't even want to get started there). PNP launch is the same. Nothing gets done here. All for different reasons but we really can not get our stuff together in this county.

things might be a little different if kitsap county had fees to launch... the day is coming soon I'm sure... but it does help justify the status quo

Yes, things might be a little different. However: I think that more money will only bring more bureaucrats.

We have more than enough bureaucrats already, thank you.

Opponents, regardless of stripe, know that dragging out the process may be the easiest way to kill a project. Just file suit, ask questions, and so on. The State will eventually give up.