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City releases South Tyler Mobility Study with short-, mid- and long-term road recommendations
Summary
City staff and consultant HDR presented a South Tyler Mobility Study recommending intersection improvements, driveway consolidation, and prioritized new road alignments — including the Waldem Street Connector and New Copeland Road extension — to reduce congestion and crashes on Broadway Avenue.
City of Tyler planning and transportation staff on Tuesday presented the South Tyler Mobility Study, a consultant-led analysis that recommends short-, mid- and long-term roadway improvements to ease congestion, reduce crashes and prepare for expected development in South Tyler.
The study, presented by Cameron Williams, traffic engineer for the city of Tyler, and Leslie Colic, project manager for HDR, identified Broadway Avenue as the corridor with the city—s highest traffic congestion and recommended a mix of cross-street improvements, driveway consolidation and new roadway alignments to provide alternate routes and improve safety.
The study team said short- and mid-term intersection improvements at five locations (Grande, Southtowne, Heritage, Cumberland and Centennial Parkway) would add turn lanes and allow optimized signal timing; those measures are estimated to reduce…
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