As many of our readers may know, there is a project currently underway to build a new marina out in Seabeck WA. As an avid recreational boater, this news is music to my ears! While there are numerous marinas on the eastern side of the Kitsap Peninsula, there aren’t any places to moor your boat or gas up on the Hood Canal side.
The new marina (renamed “Olympic View Marina”) is the venture of a Seattle-based marina development group comprised of 4 partners, including local Poulsbo resident, Erik Bentzen, a professional yacht surveyor and marine consultant.
Supposedly, all plans for the project have met with approval from all local, County, State and Federal agencies. The development calls for a new breakwater and 200-slip marina, restrooms, fuel dock, and a sewage pump-out station. Space accomodation is also being made available to current store owners, like Seabeck Pizza, Turie’s Seabeck Espresso, Seabeck Landing General Store, and Barbie’s Cafe.
Exceptional care and concern has been consistently demonstrated by the developers of Olympic View Marina with regards to the positive environmental impact of the reconstruction, including addressing issues concerning adequate parking and local traffic safety; view restrictions; and any potential impacts on aquatic/tidal habitats and fishery resources. It has been the intention of the developers from the very beginning to go ‘above and beyond’ the permitting requirements.
The new marina offers a significant improvement to the previous one which was condemned as ‘unsafe’ and closed down for over two years. The design of the new marina will have a ‘low impact’ environmentally, and will actually make stated improvements to water quality and fish habitat. Additional repairs will greatly improve the visual aesthetics along the Seabeck shoreline.
While only some initial clean-up work has taken place, look for the reconstruction efforts to go into full-swing in the Spring of 2008.
Real Estate in Seabeck WA has experienced a tremendous amount of growth over the past several years, making the area very popular, especially for Kitsap waterfront properties. Valuations for both vacant land and residential properties should continue to increase, especially with the marina reconstruction.
For many local boat owners like myself, the new Olympic View Marina it will definitely be “Worth the Wait!”
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