Kitsap Transit will receive $1.2 million for the design of an all-electric, zero-emission fast ferry demonstration vessel and its shoreside charging infrastructure.

Kitsap Transit on Monday celebrated the opening of its new transit center in Silverdale, the culmination of a decade-long process to find a permanent home for public transit in Central Kitsap.

Surveyors will be aboard Kitsap Transit buses and ferries this week, asking riders to fill out a short survey.

Governor Jay Inslee and FTA Administrator Nuria Fernandez joined Kitsap Transit for a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning of construction on a new transit center in Silverdale.

Funding from the Federal Transit Administration and the state transportation budget will allow Kitsap Transit to buy 10 more electric buses and design and construct a zero-emission local ferry.