The city is looking for feedback on four proposed street reconfigurations scheduled to take place beginning in summer 2022.
The four street segments include portions of Barron Avenue, Shady Grove Road, Latham Street, and Whitney/Clifton Avenue. All of the streets will get a road diet or a reduction in travel lanes. This is meant to slow traffic, decrease the number of crashes, and limit the crossing distance for pedestrians.
On Barron Avenue, from Pendleton to Prescott, the number of lanes would be reduced from four to three with one lane traveling in each direction and a turning lane. The lanes would also be narrowed and a bike lane would be added on each side of the street.
The shared lanes on Shady Grove Road between Yates and Humphreys would be replaced with narrower lanes for cars and buffered bike lanes going in each direction. The city is also proposing to remove on-street parking on the south side of Shady Grove between I-240 and Brierview.
On Latham Street from Mallory to Person, the existing four lanes would be reduced to three narrower lanes and a turning lane would be added. There would also be on-street parking and bike lanes on both sides of the street.
On Whitney Avenue between Watkins and Range Line, the number of lanes would be reduced from four to three with one lane traveling in each direction and a turning lane. The segment of Watkins from Overton Crossing to the merge with Clifton Road would be reconfigured from five lanes to three. A bike lane is proposed for the entire segment.
A survey for each of the four proposals can be found here. The public has until September 12 to provide feedback.
In addition to the four street segments above, the city plans to repave or add bike lanes to about two dozen other major streets. But these streets won’t see a reduction in lanes or change in on-street parking space.
Here is a list of the major street segments scheduled to be resurfaced in FY23:
- Egypt Central – Grand Cedar to Hawkins Mill (No Change)
- Hawkins Mill – Egypt Central to New Allen (No Change)
- Littlemore – Chimney Rock to Rockcreek (Bike Lanes)
- Quince – 200 North of Messick to Kirby (Bike Lanes)
- Messick – Quince to McVay (Bike Lanes)
- S. Germantown – City Limits to Winchester (Paved Shoulder)
- Riverdale Bend – Winchester to Riverdale (Paved Shoulder)
- Holmes – Hickory Hill to 1,500 East of Lamar (No Change)
- Kirby Pkwy. – Winchester to Shelby (Bike Lane)
- Pleasant Hill – E. Holmes to City Limit (No Change)
- Clearbrook – American Way to Winchester (Paved Shoulders + Marked Shared Lanes)
- Cottonwood/Comanche – Perkins to Getwell (No Change)
- Hollywood – Union to Southern (Marked Shared Lanes)
- Hollywood – Central to Southern (Bike Lanes)
- Tutwiler – Graham to Perkins (Paved Shoulders + Marked Shared Lanes)
- Waring – Walnut Grove to Summer (Paved Shoulders + Marked Shared Lanes)
- Southern – Highland to Western Dead End (No Change)
- Prescott – Southern to Spottswood (No Change)
- Graham – Goodlett to Walnut Grove (No Change)
- Shelby – Weaver to Sewanne (No Change)
- Madison – Pauline to Watkins (TBD)
- South Parkway – College to Bellevue (Buffered Bike Lanes)
- Fourth – Union to Washington
- Manassas – N. Pkwy. to Chelsea (Bike Lanes/Paved Shoulders)
- Bellevue – N. Pkwy. to Poplar (Bike Lanes/Protected Bike Lanes)
A map with all of the city’s scheduled re-paving projects including neighborhood streets can be found here.