The city of Sultan has received a grant for $370,000 to build a tourist information center and make safety improvements to the park (sometimes referred to as Travelers Park) located between U.S. 2 and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad. This park would be home to a small transportation museum, restrooms and a tourist information booth.
Volunteers from the chamber of commerce have committed to working in the information center. The project is designed with safety as a high priority, with barriers along both Highway 2 and the railroad tracks.
This grant was in partnership with the Sultan Chamber of Commerce, the city of Sultan and the state of Washington Transportation Improvement Board. The city council has approved the project with a majority vote on two different occasions.
The main opposition is from a business owner on the north side of Highway 2. His purported concern is safety and he has circulated a number of positions opposing the project. The facts are: this area has been used as a park for at least 60 years; it has been the site of numerous rummage sales, caravan stops and family picnics. In its present state, the park is unsafe and needs to be corrected by channeling the vehicles with one entrance and exit to Fifth Street with a proposed street light.
This same business owner opposed safety enhancements that were strongly endorsed by the Highway 2 Safety Coalition. The coalition was formed following the Highway 2 deaths of members of the Sky Valley community.
Please support the Sky Valley Tourist Information Center (Travelers Park) at the public meeting on June 4.
Sultan Chamber of Commerce
Sultan
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