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Mayor signs Complete Streets update and spotlights Summit-to-Cento bike‑ped project
Summary
The mayor signed an update to the city’s Complete Streets ordinance and highlighted the Summit-to-Cento Pedestrian and Bike Safety Project, which will add protected bike lanes, widened sidewalks and a new signal on Lincoln Street; council members said the ordinance update passed unanimously after community input.
The mayor signed an update to the city’s Complete Streets ordinance at a ceremony and highlighted the Summit-to-Cento Pedestrain and Bike Safety Project, officials said. The project will enhance bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure on Lincoln Street from Summit Parkway to Cento, including buffered and protected bike lanes, widened sidewalks, a grind-and-overlay between Summit and Boone and a new signal at Lincoln and Broadway.
City officials said the update modernizes the city code and incorporates references to the city’s pedestrian master plan and the bicycle priority network, which they said will help the city compete for state and other grant funding. “It’s gonna be even better when this project is complete,” the mayor said, adding the work “enhances bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure along Lincoln Street from Summit Parkway to Cinto, includes buffered and protected bike lanes, protected bike lanes, widened sidewalks, grind and overlay from Summit to Boone, a new signal at Lincoln and Broadway.”
The update to the Complete Streets ordinance also includes language intended to keep pedestrian passage available during construction. “We listened to community feedback and actually got some great feedback about including a part where we make sure and maintain pedestrian passage when we’re doing construction sites,” Council Member Katie Klitschke said, adding the council passed the update unanimously.
Council Member Dylan said the revision — which participants called “Complete Streets 2” — requires streets to be planned and designed for users of all ages and modes of travel. Dylan and other speakers thanked volunteer members of the planning and transportation commissions. Officials noted the original Complete Streets ordinance took about two years to pass and was a narrow 4‑3 vote; council members said the recent update passed in less than four months with unanimous support.
Speakers at the event invoked state-level work on pedestrian and bicycle safety. The mayor referenced the Cooper Jones pedestrian and bike safety legislation at the state level and said local and state efforts inform each other. A council member also thanked volunteers and commission members for their time and energy in shaping the update.
Discussion versus action: council members described the ordinance update and implementation plans during the ceremony (discussion). Council members stated the ordinance update was approved unanimously by the council (formal action), and the mayor’s signing was presented as the formal enactment. The transcript did not provide a formal vote tally or a motion text at the ceremony, and a timeline for construction start and funding sources for the Summit-to-Cento project were not specified.
City officials said they look forward to implementing the ordinance and the Summit-to-Cento project as part of broader safer-streets and accessibility goals. Council members and the mayor thanked volunteers, commission members and staff who worked on the update.
