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Broadway Road Streetscape and Bike/Ped Improvement Project
Background: Neighbors
adjacent to the segment of Broadway Road
between Mill Avenue and Rural Road
expressed ideas to the city of Tempe for changes to the
street that included reducing the number of vehicles, reducing the speed limit,
adding bicycle lanes, installing walls, adding landscaping, reducing noise, and
improving pedestrian facilities. As part of the City’s Comprehensive
Transportation Plan, a variety of public meetings and neighborhood discussions
were held over the last several years with neighbors and businesses near Broadway Road.
The Broadway Road
Action Team
The Broadway Road
Action Team comprises of 14 stakeholders who live or own property in the
project area.
The Action Team met for as long as was needed to develop a design concept.
Action Team members represent a geographically equitable distribution of
stakeholders with a diversity of opinions related to the project and include a
representative of the neighborhood association(s).
Proposed Design Concept
Funding
Congestion Mitigation
and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program federal funds totaling $2.57
million were secured for the design and construction of the project. As part
of the CMAQ requirements, local matching dollars are required. As such, an
additional $600,000 in transit funds is budgeted for the project. The total
project budget is $3.17 million.
Next Steps
Residents and businesses will be notified of the
refined concept via door hangers, letters to businesses and online. After that, the comments and
the refined design concept will be presented to the Transportation
Commission, Council Transportation Committee and Tempe City Council. If
approved, construction would last about
six to eight months.
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