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City updates: MLK construction, Main Street redesign, Goodwin Trails rebuild and railroad quiet‑zone study
Summary
City staff updated the committee on Martin Luther King construction, Main Street design at 60% completion, Purdue/Echols drainage, Goodwin Trails reconstruction, and a federal rail grant to study crossings and quiet‑zone upgrades.
City of Clovis staff updated the Public Works Committee on multiple active construction projects and a federally funded rail-crossing study that could lead to quiet‑zone improvements.
Mr. Howarth, City staff (Public Works), said crews have poured a retaining wall on the east side of the Martin Luther King channel and that curb and gutter work is progressing; traffic-signal subcontractors have been pulling conduit for the 20 First Street signal replacement. He said warmer temperatures should allow resumed concrete work and that the overall MLK project remains on schedule. When asked about a completion date, staff said the Martin Luther King corridor project is expected to be complete in summer 2025.
On Main Street, Howarth said the project is at 60% design for improvements from Seventh Street to the brick area south of Eighth Street. Planned work includes historic-style street lighting, pedestrian lighting, bulb-outs at intersections, added landscaping, and changing parking from angled at the curb to parallel along the sidewalk with angled parking in the center; the project already has construction funds and will proceed to bid after final design.
Howarth described Purdue and Echols storm-drain work (preconstruction meeting held) and said the team will start in Dennis Chavez Park and move upstream, timing major work to avoid school traffic; staff expect the drainage portion to be completed before school starts. On Goodwin Trails, the city plans to replace an eroded asphalt trail with a concrete trail, fix drainage with riprap, add a parking lot off Iris Arbor Drive and install new playground equipment; a preconstruction meeting is scheduled and construction will begin soon.
City staff also reported a consolidated rail grant award for preliminary engineering and NEPA work on crossings at North Street and Martin Luther King. Howarth said the grant provides $1.2 million; BNSF has committed $500,000 and the city’s share is $90,000. The work will include alignment studies and preliminary engineering; a successful MLK overpass could make that crossing eligible for a quiet zone to reduce train horn noise in adjacent neighborhoods.
Staff did not ask the committee to take action on these updates; members asked timing and coordination questions and were briefed on contractor sequencing and coordination with the county on west‑of‑corridor improvements.
