Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 12-05-2017
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Parks and Recreation Department
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Presentation and update of the Main Street Bikeway Project
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Background:
The Main Street Bikeway project 90% construction plans have been submitted by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation and LandPlan Consultants, Inc. for staff review and comment. At this time staff desires to update the City Council on the project and to answer any questions.
The proposed Main Street Bikeway is planned to begin at Arrowhead Park (East Washington Street & South First Place) and end at East Kenosha Street & North Fourth Street, approximately 1-linear mile. The bikeway will connect neighborhoods, schools, parks, businesses, and The Rose District to a trail corridor, eventually reaching the Liberty Parkway Trail. The project is planned to use signed bike routes in the neighborhood connections to Main Street, creating bike lanes on Main Street, and shared lane markings (sharrows) thru The Rose District.
Being planned is converting the 4 lanes currently on parts of Main Street to 3 lanes and using bike lanes on each side of Main Street, this would be accomplished using striping and signage. In the locations of the bike lanes and locations of vehicles front pull in curbside parking will be converted to vehicles back in curbside parking, for the purpose of safety for the bike lane users. Again, this will not affect The Rose District, since the bike route is planned to be a shared lane marking (sharrow) in this area.
Funding for the project is provided as follows:
FY 15-16 INCOG Area Transportation Alternatives Program, $377,928.
City of Broken Arrow 2014 G.O. Bond Funds, Community Trail Network project, $125,976.
The Broken Arrow Main Street Bikeway project professional design contract is managed by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
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