Project

This project will develop a transportation concept by evaluating the current and expected future uses, intersection controls and crash data.  Community involvement is a priority as the roadway serves many different users.  The final concept will likely be phased in over time as street sections are resurfaced and improvements are constructed with grant funding.  City staff and the consultants are considering a road diet, which has the potential to reduce crashes by up to 47 percent when going from four to three lanes with a center turn lane and bikeways.  City staff/consultant team also is considering roundabouts, which reduce fatal and severe injury crashes by 90 percent compared to traffic signals or all-way stops, and could be considered where space exists such as at the Lincoln Avenue/Constitution Way/Eighth Street intersection or the Lincoln Avenue/Fifth Street/Marshall Way intersection.