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Hayward Advances East Bay Greenway Hayward Segment to Environmental Review
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Summary
Council unanimously approved the scoping evaluation for the East Bay Greenway Hayward segment and directed staff and Alameda CTC to move the project to the PA/ED environmental phase, targeting completion of the environmental document by mid‑2027. Presenters noted design/construction funding remains to be secured.
The Hayward City Council on Jan. 27 voted unanimously to approve the scoping evaluation for the East Bay Greenway Hayward segment and authorized staff and the Alameda County Transportation Commission to proceed to the Project Approval and Environmental Document (PA/ED) phase.
Khanda Raj, the ACTC project manager, summarized the outreach and analysis done to date and the need to complete environmental review so the project can compete for design and construction funding. "We will move into the environmental phase," he told the council. Senior transportation engineer Lucas Woodward described recommended facility types by corridor segment — including bike boulevard treatments in the north, Class 1 shared‑use path and Class 4 protected lanes in busier southern sections, and specific constraints on Silva Avenue where parking and right‑of‑way are limited.
Presenters and public commenters — including Bike Hayward, Bike East Bay and multiple residents — urged added crossing protections where the bikeway switches sides and requested more robust traffic calming and parking strategies. Staff said the scoping evaluation anticipates completing the environmental document by mid‑2027, but design and construction funding have not yet been secured.
Council members emphasized continued door‑to‑door outreach, protection of parking adjacent to homes where feasible, and added traffic calming and landscaping along the Whitman corridor; they expressed broad support for advancing the project to the environmental phase.
The motion to accept the scoping evaluation and proceed to PA/ED was moved and seconded and passed unanimously.
