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Kalispell reviews Main Street Safety Action Plan concept designs; staff may apply for $25 million Safe Streets grant
Summary
City of Kalispell staff and consultants presented final Main Street Safety Action Plan concept designs on April 28 and outlined an implementation-grant timeline; the project concept carries an estimated construction cost of about $26.8 million and a Safe Streets grant application is due in June.
City of Kalispell staff and consultants presented final concept designs on April 28 for the Main Street Safety Action Plan and discussed next steps for a possible Safe Streets and Roads for All implementation grant application.
Development Director Jared Nygren and Kittleson consultant Rachel Grosso summarized the two-phase planning process: an adopted Main Street Safety Action Plan followed by a seven-month concept-design phase that refined safety and streetscape treatments for the downtown core. The package focuses on reduced lane widths and reallocation of space to wider sidewalks and pedestrian amenities, center turn lanes, rectangular rapid flashing beacons (RRFBs) at several unsignalized crossings, leading pedestrian intervals at signals, hardened medians in portions of the corridor, and two roundabouts…
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