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Green River council approves Broadway redesign concept to improve sidewalks, parking and drainage planning
Summary
The council voted to approve a conceptual Broadway redesign presented by Ensign Engineering and Arcadis, advancing the project to detailed design. Engineers flagged drainage challenges on the 350-foot stretch and proposed phased work and grant seeking to pay for improvements.
The Green River City Council voted to approve a conceptual redesign of Broadway after a presentation by consultants from Ensign Engineering and Arcadis. The council’s approval allows consultants to proceed to detailed engineering and to pursue grant funding and a phased construction plan.
Consultant Curtis Nelson of Ensign Engineering told the council the project was awarded about a year ago and has included extensive stakeholder outreach and public charrettes. “My name is Curtis Nelson. I’m a project manager with Ensign Engineering out of Cedar City,” he said in opening the presentation, and laid out a timeline that moves from a 70% design to a 90% design and then to bid-ready construction documents.
Why it matters: the concept aims to improve pedestrian safety, accessibility and downtown aesthetics while keeping vehicle access for deliveries and short-term RV parking. The plan calls for 10-foot sidewalks, 6-foot planting/furniture strips, bulb-outs and midblock crossings, angled parking, intermittent seating and low-level lighting to protect the night sky.
Engineers cautioned the council that drainage is the project’s principal technical constraint. Nelson said the roughly 350-foot project segment drops about 2 feet — roughly a 0.3% slope — below typical minimums for gravity drainage. “So we’re way off from that,” he said, and described mitigation ideas including crowning the road, combining peaks and valleys to collect runoff, and using on-site perforated cisterns to slowly release captured stormwater. The consultants also reported a concept parking yield of 89 spaces compared with a design target of 90.
Council members and residents praised the simplified, phased approach. One council member said the pared-back concept was easier to visualize and more likely to lead to real work rather than plans that sit on a shelf. The council approved the motion to accept the concept as presented; the motion was made, seconded and carried with verbal aye votes.
Votes at a glance - Broadway redesign (approval of concept to proceed to design): motion made by a council member, seconded; council voted in favor and approved the concept to move forward with engineering and grant efforts. - Consent agenda (financial and minutes): approved.
What’s next: consultants will proceed to the next design milestones, refine drainage and utility plans, develop a phasing plan and provide construction cost estimates. The council’s approval allows the city to pursue grants and coordinate right-of-way and utility work as the design progresses.
