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Coos Bay Parks Commission critiques Alta draft Safe Routes to School plan, urges clearer priorities and stronger emphasis on Sunset School bus drop-off
Summary
The Coos Bay Parks Commission reviewed a draft Safe Routes to School plan from Alta Planning + Design and said the document did not clearly present the commission’s highest priorities, notably a previously recommended central bus drop-off between Madison and Sunset schools.
The Coos Bay Parks Commission reviewed a draft Safe Routes to School (SRTS) plan prepared by Alta Planning + Design during an April 3 work session and raised repeated concerns about the draft’s organization, missing emphasis on key priorities and unclear linkage between recommended projects and the ODOT SRTS construction-grant priorities.
Why it matters: The draft plan will be used to pursue ODOT SRTS construction grants later this year and to guide local improvements around Marshfield High School, Sunset School, Madison Elementary and other school zones. Commissioners said the plan must clearly highlight high-priority projects, provide usable cost breakdowns, and include visuals so priorities do not get lost as the document moves among agencies and grant reviewers.
Key criticisms and priorities: Commissioners and members of the project management team (PMT) said Alta’s draft contained useful options (striping, curb cuts, crossings) but was poorly organized and sometimes inconsistent with commission…
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