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UDC recommends approval with conditions for Maury Street streetscape project; members ask for more crossings and study of lane configuration
Summary
The Urban Design Committee recommended approval of the Maury Street Streetscape Phase 2 conceptual design with conditions to study lane widths/left-turn provision, add additional crosswalks and raised crosswalks at key intersections, explore alternative materials at the raised intersection, and develop a street-tree/landscape plan.
The Urban Design Committee recommended approval, with strong conditions, of the Maury Street Streetscape Phase 2 concept between Commerce Road and Fifth Street in the Manchester neighborhood.
City staff and project consultants described the VDOT‑funded smart‑scale project as a resurfacing and streetscape improvement that will add a missing sidewalk on the south side, provide a planting strip and street trees, and install a raised intersection with a Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon (HAWK) at Sixth Street to improve pedestrian safety near an area undergoing residential conversion.
Designers explained the typical section: in most blocks a 6.5-foot landscape buffer containing utilities will separate a six-foot concrete sidewalk from the curb; where the adjacent new…
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