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City outlines priority projects for ACHD's five-year work plan; State Street and bench connections highlighted
Summary
City staff reviewed projects submitted to Ada County Highway District's five-year work plan, emphasizing programmed State Street work, bench bikeways and pedestrian safety projects; staff asked council for feedback by the following week for ACHD consideration.
Bree Brush of the mayor's office and ACHD representatives reviewed the city's prioritized project list for the Ada County Highway District (ACHD) five-year work plan and requested council feedback.
Brush outlined two project categories: roads and intersections (larger capital projects such as widening and intersection upgrades) and community programs (smaller-scale pedestrian and bike projects, crossings and multimodal connections). Staff highlighted several active and programmed projects: the 15th/16th/Americana corridor concept and upcoming construction; a pedestrian hybrid beacon (PHB) on State Street near 21st; completion of the Garden Street bikeway; CCDC and ACHD-proposed protected-bike-lane segments on Eighth Street and Franklin-to-Union; Rose Hill traffic-calming; and the State Street/Pierce Park safety and realignment project under construction.
Brush said ACHD received 404 comments from Boise residents and that the city added two new roads-and-intersection requests and five new community-program requests this year. She noted programmed projects have some level of scoping or right-of-way work and non-programmed projects have little or no work underway. New or elevated priorities include Warm Springs, Millbrook, Linden and Eckert, and the 5 Mile overpass (Overland to Franklin) remains a high-priority project for West Boise.
Council members asked whether ACHD outreach includes neighborhood associations (Brush said ACHD's neighborhood planning process is a primary source) and whether more rapid implementation options exist (Brush and ACHD staff described ACHD's rapid implementation and traffic-safety engineering teams, which can deploy shorter-term solutions and small budgets quickly). Several council members urged continued emphasis on Orchard Street, state-street segments and grant-funded projects (including RAISE planning grants) to capture federal or other funding opportunities.
Brush asked council to submit any project revisions or constituent feedback by the end of next week so the city can forward a list to ACHD by March 19; ACHD will publish a draft five-year plan in July for additional comment.
