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Council hears briefing on multimodal street project near Maxwell Park
Summary
City staff briefed the Spokane City Council on a planned multimodal street project that would add sidewalk infill, a shared-use path through the park, buffered bike lanes with periodic concrete separators, crosswalks and conduit for a future rapid-flashing beacon. No formal vote was taken; staff said detailed plans are available online.
At a Spokane City Council agenda review meeting, staff presented a briefing on a proposed multimodal street project near Maxwell Park that would add sidewalks, a shared-use path through the park, new crosswalks, separated bike lanes and other pedestrian-bike improvements.
The project description included sidewalk infill on one block, a shared-use path across the park, multiple crosswalks including island-style crosswalks, island-style STA bus shelters, separated bike lanes with two-line separations and periodic isolated concrete separators at the start and middle of blocks, projected left-turn lanes at Maxwell at Ash and Maple, and conduit for a future rectangular rapid-flashing beacon at the park’s southeast corner. Dan Buller, a participant on the briefing, described the bike lane layout and the periodic concrete separators and said the separated bike lanes are “6 feet” wide with a “2 and a half foot” separation to the sidewalk.
Councilor Solon called the briefing “exciting” and said the project had been discussed for a long time; Solon and other council members compared the proposed concrete separators to similar treatments on Riverside downtown. Buller told council members that project plans are available online, saying, “all of our plans for all of our projects are at cityofspokaneplans.com,” and offered to send plans directly to council members on request.
The briefing was informational only; no policy vote or formal action on the project was recorded during the agenda review. Staff did not present or request a council decision at the meeting.
