The Cruz will be back on the Port Orchard waterfront this summer.
After more discussions between the Saints Car Club and the City of Port Orchard, the two parties reached consensus and found solutions to keep the beloved community event on the waterfront of Port Orchard, the city and the car club confirmed Wednesday. The annual car show brings thousands of visitors to the city every summer.
Earlier in March the Saints Car Club, which has hosted the event for 36 years on Bay Street, said it was planning to move the car show to the Rodeo Drive-In Theater near Port of Bremerton, outside city limits, after the city brought up safety concerns that would have prevented the event from happening as it had in the past. The city was worried that combining moving vehicles and pedestrian traffic would present serious public safety concerns that could result in injury.
The concerns have now been addressed, said the city and the car club.
“We met a couple times, and we resolved our issues, and we’re back on, so we’re very happy,” Ernie Chamberlin, president of Saints Car Club told Kitsap Sun.
Chamberlin said the car club resolved the city’s public safety concerns with its proposal to use several escorts to create a separation lane between people and moving vehicles.
The city in a statement announced the return of the Cruz and said that subsequent conversations between the city and the car club have “resulted in an appropriate and satisfactory safety plan that adequately addresses the city’s concerns.”
“We are confident that we have found a good path with the Saints Car Club to have a safe, fun and memorable event,” the city said in the statement.
The Cruz will be held on Saturday, Aug. 10, this year.
“We’re happy that we’re back and we’re looking forward to the best Cruz ever,” Chamberlin said.
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