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Resolution to Accept a Transportation Enhancement (TE) Grant from the State of Michigan in Support of the Fifth and Division Improvement Project Phase I Construction
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval is a resolution to accept a Transportation Enhancement (TE) grant from the State of Michigan in the amount of $983,952.03 to be used in the construction of Phase I elements of the Fifth and Division improvement project.
This summer City Council approved the DDA’s conceptual plan to redesign Fifth Avenue and Division Street as “complete streets” that encourage pedestrian and bicycle transportation choices and enhance residential, civic, and commercial uses along these corridors. In the weeks that followed this conceptual plan approval, the DDA/City Partnerships Committee met to formulate a Phase I construction plan. This Phase I construction plan was approved by the DDA at its September 2008 meeting as follows:
- Widen Division between Washington and Catherine Street by burying utility lines and adjusting curb lines to make more room for current and future vehicle traffic, as well as for the new bike lane.
- Install gateway improvements at Division/Packard and Fifth/Beakes to reduce the width of pavement and establish the “culture” of pedestrian/bike friendly streets.
- Install intersection improvements at Division/Liberty, Division/Washington and Fifth/Liberty to encourage more safe and comfortable east/west pedestrian movements.
- Stripe bike lanes and install parking meters and other parking along the length of the streets as possible.
- Install sidewalk improvements along Fifth between Ann and William Streets and along Division between Liberty and Huron Streets to support private and public sector reinvestment currently taking place in these areas.
The project list originally submitted to the state did not include this last element. But it was decided to include this additional work to support important new developments taking ...
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