Title:
Title
Approval of Concept Plans for Broadway Complete Streets Project (T15175300) and Approval of Addendum to Central City Specific Plan Environmental Impact Report
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FileID
File ID: 2019-01371
Location
Location: Broadway, between 3rd Street and Franklin Boulevard; Districts 4 and 5.
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Adopt a Resolution: 1) approving the Addendum to the Central City Specific Plan Environmental Impact Report; and 2) approving the conceptual plans for the Broadway Complete Street Project (T15175300).
Contact: Megan Johnson, Senior Engineer (916) 808-1967; Nader Kamal, Interim Engineering Services Manager (916) 808-7035, Department of Public Works
Body
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Resolution
3-Exhibit A - Mitigation Monitoring Program
4-Exhibit B - Addendum to Central City Specific Plan Environmental Impact Report
5-Exhibit C - Conceptual Plans
6-Exhibit D - Location Map
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: In August 2016, the City Council accepted the Broadway Complete Streets Plan as the City's guide for the reconfiguration of the Broadway corridor between Interstate 5 and State Route 99. On February 14, 2017, the City Council approved the establishment of the Broadway Complete Streets Project (T15175300).
The accepted plan and proposed project will reduce the vehicle travel lanes from four lanes to two lanes with a center turn lane, add buffered bike lanes, accommodate parking, and improve pedestrian crossings. The project will also add a new roadway segment, called 29th Street, connecting X Street and Broadway at the southbound SR-99 on-ramp, allowing traffic to use the higher-capacity X Street, rather than Broadway. The project will also convert 16th Street from one-way to two-way between Broadway and X Street to provide a southbound entry with a straight path onto Land Park Drive, which currently connects to Broadway at a skew.
The conceptual plans show the proposed improvements.
On April 1...
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