The MAPS Citizens Advisory Board voted to recommend approval of final plans and specifications to advertise for bid the MAPS 4 Bike Lanes Phase 1A project along Northwest 16th and Northwest 19th Streets.

Josh Malwick of Consor Engineers presented the plans. The route will connect the Lake Overholser Trail to Indiana Avenue, with a total corridor length described in the presentation as roughly 7.2 miles. The design includes pavement repairs, updated detection systems at five intersections (upgraded to radar where needed), new pedestrian curb ramps to meet ADA standards, and signalization at May Avenue and 19th Street (the signal was previously approved by the traffic commission).

Design details include a mix of bicycle facility types determined by street width: approximately 1.5 miles of Tier 1 bike lanes where roadway width allows, sections using sharrows where lanes are narrower, and protected bike lane elements where feasible using mounted lane separators (referred to in the presentation as "armadillos"). The consultant said the project will add about 377 sharrows and identified locations where Tier 1 facilities are achievable (Rockwell and between McArthur and Meridian).

Budget figures presented: the project has a MAPS allocation of $3,400,000 and the consultant's construction cost estimate was stated as just under $2.4 million, leaving a program surplus of roughly $1 million in the current presentation materials. The consultant said the surplus funds will remain in the program account and be used to advance more bike-lane miles.

Board member Chelsea praised the plan and asked whether the surplus would fund additional armadillos or other enhancements; staff said the funds would stay in the account to support additional bicycle infrastructure in the program.

The board voted on the recommendation to advertise the plans for bid; the motion passed. The record did not include mover/second names or a roll-call tally in the transcript.

No appeals or motions to delay bidding were recorded.