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Long Range Planning Committee presses for 'complete streets' policy to shape Grand Island Boulevard projects
Summary
The Grand Island Long Range Planning Committee discussed adopting a complete streets policy and forming a focused subcommittee to guide improvements on Grand Island Boulevard, align town code and funding, and coordinate with county, state and Greenway efforts to add multimodal facilities and pursue grants.
The Grand Island Long Range Planning Committee discussed advancing a complete streets policy for Grand Island Boulevard and forming a subcommittee to shepherd design, funding and interagency coordination.
The discussion focused on using a written policy to influence state and county projects and to make the town eligible for additional funding. Committee member Larry said that a complete streets designation for the boulevard would give the town leverage in state-led road projects, adding, “if we had complete streets in place and had a policy for Grand Island Boulevard and indicating it was multi mode, that it had to accommodate Viking, they would literally have to fix it to make it correct.”
Why it matters: committee members said a local policy could require more extensive repairs when the state or county repaves or…
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