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Riverside maps multi-step strategy to fix Woodman Corridor; congressional and state grant bids underway
Summary
City staff summarized a multi-year plan to rebuild and redesign the Woodman corridor, highlighted a $1.5 million congressional award and said staff has applied for a TRACK grant; staff outlined next steps for feasibility, design and potential federal DCIP funding.
Riverside officials on Monday laid out a staged, multi-year approach to repairing and redesigning the deteriorated Woodman Corridor, emphasizing that the city has secured a $1.5 million congressional award and has submitted a TRACK grant application to advance design work.
City Manager Josh reviewed four parallel funding streams and steps: (1) the Safe Streets for All (SS4A) action plan the city completed with a $700,000 grant and a $140,000 local match; (2) a $1.5 million congressional award from Rep. Turner's office to fund initial feasibility and design work targeted at sections adjacent to the base; (3) a submitted Transportation Review Advisory Council (TRACK) application asking for $1.5 million with a $400,000 local match to fund detailed design; and (4) a potential Defense Community Infrastructure Program (DCIP) application that could fund construction-scale work if the project meets DOD's installation-readiness criteria.
Josh told council the corridor includes failing retaining walls, compromised drainage, bridge maintenance needs and pavement in poor condition. The SS4A action plan recommended safety-minded design concepts (narrower lanes, added curbing, lower profile roadway and possible roundabouts at key intersections) intended to reduce departures from the roadway and slow traffic through the curves. Josh cautioned the action plan contains concepts only and that detailed engineering is required to test feasibility.
Congressional funds will be available in July and staff said they will use the money to test and refine concepts from the action plan to determine what fits within right-of-way and other constraints. The TRACK application (decided in September) was submitted to pursue detailed design should the congressional money validate feasible concepts; if TRACK or DCIP awards are received, staff will pursue additional state and regional funding to reduce the city's local match. Josh said a DCIP ask in the range of $9 million is possible for intersection reconstruction and that the city has regional allies (Dayton Development Coalition and Montgomery County partners) willing to help with advocacy.
Ending: Staff will begin spending the congressional award to test designs, await TRACK decisions in the fall and report back to council with recommended next steps for funding and project staging.
