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Council urges focus on safety as tri-city Halsey street-template work moves forward
Summary
Staff presented the tri-city Halsey Main Streets street-template and long-range corridor concepts, including near-term restriping and crossing improvements; consultants estimated conceptual costs in the millions and potentially up to $100 million for the full corridor. Council directed staff to focus on short-term safety priorities such as lighting, crossings, and ADA ramps.
City staff summarized the multi-jurisdiction Main Streets Halsey street-template project and recommended Wood Village focus on near-term safety priorities rather than immediate adoption of the full corridor template.
The consultant's conceptual cost estimate for the proposed template included items that staff said could total roughly $16,000,000 for certain elements, and staff warned the full 3.5-mile corridor build-out could approach substantially higher figures — "I wouldn't be surprised if this isn't pushing a $100,000,000," staff (Speaker 4) said. Given funding constraints and county control of the roadway, staff recommended Wood Village adopt a priorities list emphasizing improved lighting, pedestrian crossings, ADA curb-ramps, and targeted restriping as short-term moves to improve safety.
Councilors agreed the near-term safety items should be prioritized and asked staff to prepare a refined short-term package to show the county and the other two cities the city's intent and priorities.
