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Council approves $1.4 million city share for Treat Boulevard protected bike lanes amid traffic concerns
Summary
Walnut Creek approved a $1.4 million contribution to a county-led Treat Boulevard corridor project that will add class 4 protected bikeways and close several free right-turn slip lanes; council members and staff expressed concern about morning backups and asked for close coordination with Caltrans and the county on signal timing.
The Walnut Creek City Council on Oct. 7 approved a resolution authorizing the city manager to enter the joint exercise of powers agreement with Contra Costa County and to appropriate $1,400,000 toward the Treat Boulevard Corridor improvements, the city’s share of a multiagency project to add protected bikeways across the freeway bridge and through the Contra Costa Center area.
The project will add a Class 4 (physically protected) bikeway in both directions on Treat Boulevard between North Main Street and Jones Road for the corridor segments under city jurisdiction and will convert several existing curbside lanes and free right-turn (slip) movements to buffered bike lanes, new signal phasing and marked conflict zones. Staff described the city portion as roughly a half-mile segment from North Main to Jones Road and said the county’s portion continues east across the bridge and in the Contra Costa Center area.
City staff and the county emphasized safety and network connectivity as primary goals. Brianna Burn, associate traffic engineer…
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