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City presents draft 2026–2031 Transportation Improvement Program; commission reviews priorities and funding tools
Summary
City Engineering presented the draft Transportation Improvement Program for 2026–2031, highlighting reconstruction candidates, a large resurfacing program, sidewalk and bikeway projects, and potential federal grant applications (STBG and TAP); the commission reviewed and provided feedback but took no formal vote.
City Engineering presented a draft 2026–2031 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) to the Transportation Commission for review; commissioners offered feedback but did not take a vote on the draft.
Chris Petakowski, Division of City Engineering, said the TIP is the city’s multi‑year listing of proposed transportation projects that informs the annual budget submission to the mayor. The department is using a GIS‑based scoring tool to prioritize segments; the tool aggregates multiple layers to produce a per‑segment score staff use to identify reconstruction candidates and program years.
Major program highlights presented:
- Reconstruction program (full curb, gutter and pavement replacement): staff identified a tentative set of candidate streets for reconstruction in early years (examples listed by staff included MacArthur/Larson, Sycamore, Evergreen, Lakeview, Sherman, Hawthorne and others). Staff noted those projects are coordinated with sanitary, storm and…
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