REPORT TO PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
Receive a Presentation and Provide Feedback on the De La Cruz/Coleman Bikeway Planning Project
Report
BACKGROUND
The City of Santa Clara received a Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Measure B planning grant to develop the De La Cruz Boulevard/Coleman Avenue Bikeway Plan (Plan). The Plan is studying De La Cruz Boulevard from Central Expressway to Lafayette Street/Alviso Street and Coleman Avenue from De La Cruz Boulevard to Brokaw Road (Attachment 1). In December 2022, City Council approved an agreement with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. (Consultant) to assist in the development of the Plan.
The Plan, which is anticipated to be completed in Summer 2024, will identify improvements to complete bicycle network gaps, increase mobility, and make biking more comfortable for people of all ages and abilities for the 1.8-mile project corridor. The Plan also includes reviewing potential options for parking removal. The Plan will ultimately produce a parking study, street design concepts, and a draft and final Project Report that will discuss opportunities and constraints of the potential design options.
It should be noted that this is only a planning level document and does not include design, environmental review, or construction of any alternative. At the completion of the work effort, if Council decides to move forward with a specific alternative, then additional funds would be required to design, bid, and construct the alternative.
DISCUSSION
City staff will present draft design concepts for the Class IV bikeway project through an interactive presentation. A Class IV bikeway is a bikeway that is separated by a physical barrier from the roadway travel lanes. The Commission and the public will be invited to ask questions and share feedback on the design concepts (Attachment 2 and 3). The Commission and members of the public may also provide written feedback on the concepts using a survey link, which will...
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