GDOT Annual Report 2017

P L A N N I N G

Enhancing Bi-Ped Safety and Evaluating Sidewalks

Sidewalk Construction GDOT and the City’s Engineering and Inspections Department are also in the midst of a major sidewalk construction effort. Between 2006 and 2017, 133 miles of sidewalks were added in Greensboro through public projects and private developments. Recently-completed public sidewalk projects include E. Florida Street, Randleman Road, and Phillips Avenue. The City has many more sidewalk projects planned in the years ahead, including Holts Chapel and Lowdermilk Streets, sections of E. andW. Wendover, Lovett Street, Holden Road, Lindsay Street, College Road and New Garden Road. The Horse Pen Creek Road widening and the improvements to the College Road and Market Street intersection will also add new sidewalks. Greenway Construction GDOT is also working to complete the Downtown Greenway. Phase 3/2e, along Fisher and Eugene streets, is under construction. Work is also expected to begin on the Phase 2 along Murrow Boulevard and Fisher Avenue in late 2017 or early 2018. Assessing Greenways and Sidewalk Conditions GDOT staff recently collected field data and created a computer map and database inventory of conditions and features along the greenway system. This marks the first such effort to comprehensively assess greenway conditions The project collected information on pavement conditions and whether there were signs, bridges, lighting, benches, curb ramps at intersections, and more. This data allows the City to prioritize sections that need repairs, such as repaving, the replacement of bridges, and the replacement or supplementing of existing lighting, amenities and other features. GDOT staff is going through a similar process to collect information on sidewalks conditions. The goal is very similar: to enable a prioritized plan for repairs and upgrades. Data collection should be complete by fall. Analysis and development of a plan for future repair work will be completed by early 2018.

GDOT is working hard to implement the 2015 BiPed Plan, a far reaching document that prioritizes future pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure improvements to meet community needs. Improvements underway include bike lanes, sidewalk, and greenways. Bike Lanes GDOT aims to add 75 bicycle lane miles by 2022. Bicycle lanes were recently installed on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive downtown during a repaving project. This installation includes a new treatment: green pavement inside the bike lanes. The green pavement enhances awareness of bicycle traffic to remind drivers who are merging across the bike lane that they must yield to people on bikes. This summer the City will add bike lanes on E. Bessemer Avenue between English Street and Huffine Mill Road. Walker Avenue between Aycock Street and S. Lindell Road will receive shared-lane markings, which remind drivers of the presence of cyclists. The Horse Pen Creek Road widening and Holts Chapel Road modernization that will start later this year will also include bicycle lanes. Other 2017 bicycle lane installations will include portions of N. Elm, Spring Garden, English, Market and Sixteenth streets, Creek Ridge and Pinecroft roads, Glendale and E. Cornwallis drives, andW. Friendly Avenue.

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