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Transportation Commission backs TDA application for Newell Avenue bike improvements
Summary
The Walnut Creek Transportation Commission voted unanimously to recommend that the City Council submit the Newell Avenue Improvements project for county Transportation Development Act (TDA) Article 3 funding. Staff described buffered and raised bike lanes, an intersection scramble at Broadway, and an estimated $180,000 project cost.
The Walnut Creek Transportation Commission voted to recommend that the City Council submit the Newell Avenue Improvements project for consideration by the county Transportation Development Act Article 3 subcommittee.
Rashad Culver, an associate engineer in the cityCIP department, told commissioners the project would add dedicated bicycle facilities along Newell Avenue from the city limit to Broadway, including street-level buffered lanes and raised bike lanes at sidewalk elevation. The plan also calls for intersection treatments at Broadway and Newell, including a scramble phase that would allow pedestrians and cyclists to cross diagonally, removal of a…
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