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Corinth adopts 2025 Active Transportation Plan to guide bike, trail and downtown striping projects
Summary
The City Council adopted the 2025 Active Transportation Plan, endorsing near‑term paint‑striping pilot projects downtown and on Current Parkway to add bike lanes and calm traffic, and directing staff to pursue future projects and grant readiness.
Corinth City Council voted unanimously to adopt the city’s 2025 Active Transportation Plan, which updates Envision Corinth 2040 with recommended cross sections, a near‑term implementation strategy and projects intended to improve bike and pedestrian connectivity.
The plan aims to make the city “grant ready” for bicycle and pedestrian projects and to provide Public Works with a prioritized project list, Glenn Barker, the city’s presenter, told council. “Why we're doing it is so that we're grant ready,” Barker said during his presentation.
Council discussed several near‑term changes included in the plan. The earliest project would be a paint‑striping pilot on Current Parkway that removes a center turning lane in places, adds on‑street parking and installs buffered bike lanes to create a contiguous bicycling loop rather than an isolated lane. Barker said these initial changes would be striping and low‑profile lane dividers rather than full reconstruction.
Barker also listed cross‑section updates and corridor additions, including revisions for Lake Sharon, Quail Run, Old 77 and Post Oak; the packet included cut sheets and consultants’ analyses. The parks and recreation committee and the Planning and Zoning Commission both reviewed the plan; Planning and Zoning approved it unanimously.
Councilmembers raised concerns about traffic flow and downtown circulation. Barker said the city had consultant analyses and a downtown circulation study showing the proposed striping scenario would still accommodate traffic and that the intent includes slowing vehicle speeds in the downtown area. He said the striping approach is reversible and lower‑cost, so paint and low‑profile dividers can be tested before any structural work.
Barker cited peer examples from Highland Village and Lewisville, where stripe‑only bike lanes and speed‑feedback signs reduced speeds and worked well for those downtown corridors, and council pointed to those examples in support of the pilot approach.
A public hearing on the ordinance preceded the vote; no members of the public addressed council on the item. After closing the hearing, the council moved to adopt the Active Transportation Plan as presented; the motion passed unanimously.
The adopted plan directs staff to move forward with a short list of projects for implementation and to return to council for budget or construction approvals as appropriate.
