Commission delays Upton Drive reconstruction decision amid split public input and e‑bike policy concern
The commission received staff recommendations and public input on three design concepts for the 2028 Upton Drive reconstruction, noted an STBG grant of $932,000 and constraints that make undergrounding utilities cost‑prohibitive; commissioners and residents were split between a non‑motorized path and bike lanes and ultimately tabled the final concept pending policy work on e‑bikes and additional information.
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City staff presented concepts for the 2028 Upton Drive reconstruction project, describing narrow right‑of‑way constraints on segments of the corridor (as narrow as roughly 50 feet), the need to replace failing pavement and underground utilities where feasible, and the requirement to coordinate with an AEP transmission relocation. Staff noted the project has Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) funding of $932,000 and that fully undergrounding electric facilities would roughly double the project cost — staff cited a comparable example of an undergrounding estimate of about $3.7 million on a similar project.
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