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Bozeman narrows Fowler Avenue design, shifts bike lanes to shared paths in 60% plan
Summary
Transportation director Nick Ross presented a 60% design for the Fowler Avenue Connection that narrows the roadway, moves it away from the riparian Section Line Ditch, and favors shared-use paths over on-street 'door-zone' bike lanes; public comment split over tree loss, parking and safety. Staff will refine plans before 90% design and right‑of‑way acquisition.
Nick Ross, Bozeman’s transportation and engineering director, told the City Commission that staff has slimmed the Fowler Avenue typical section and redesigned the corridor to reduce impacts on the riparian Section Line Ditch.
“We went from a 109 foot typical section at 30% down to an 85 foot typical section,” Ross said, describing changes intended to move the roadway farther from the open-channel ditch and to narrow pavement widths where possible. He said the 60% plan also replaces several on-street door‑zone bike lanes with…
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