Planning commission hears follow-up on CIP: Sunset sidewalk moved to preliminary engineering, several Fuller/Maiden Lane projects remain on hold

Kayla Coleman, the capital projects asset manager for the City of Ann Arbor, briefed the Planning Commission on follow‑up work and process questions for the city’s six‑year Capital Improvements Program (CIP).

Coleman told commissioners that staff had run the requested ranking for the Sunset Boulevard sidewalk (Brooks to Newport) and that the project would fall roughly in the mid‑to‑lower half of the active‑transportation asset group (about rank 24 of 35). She said staff and council members agreed to pursue a planning and preliminary engineering phase to test whether the sidewalk could be placed outside the existing curb line, or whether utility constraints and proximity to the water‑treatment plant would force the sidewalk into the traditional location between curb and property line.

The planning and preliminary engineering step will examine technical feasibility and utility conflicts, Coleman said, and will provide a clearer basis for whether construction in the six‑year horizon is viable. She noted the project has a dedicated funding source in the…