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Coos Bay work session advances final design for Front Street–Mingus Park bike route amid ODOT crossing and parking concerns
Summary
Staff outlined a preferred Front Street–Mingus Park bike route that would remove on-street parking on a three-block stretch on Commercial Avenue, require a new bike signal at Fourth & Commercial and an ODOT-approved crossing of Highway 101 (staff estimated roughly $230,000 for the crossing); council asked staff to advance final design and to seek a formal meeting with ODOT.
City staff presented a preferred alternative for a Front Street–to–Mingus Park bicycle route and asked the joint council and Parks Commission to advance the project into a final design phase.
The proposed route begins at Front Street and Market, crosses Highway 101, uses sharrows on Market to North Fourth Street, then travels west on Commercial Avenue into a two-way buffered bike lane on North Seventh Street between Fourth and Seventh, and concludes at the Mingus Park entrance. The plan includes a mirrored return route. "The preferred alternative included a return route with 3 blocks of a dual, 2-directional buffered bike lane on Commercial between Seventh and Fourth," said…
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