GDOT Annual Report 2017

Downtown Parking In September 2015, the Parking Division began a pilot program implementing the Parkmobile mobile phone app in various City-owned surface lots. This app allows parkers to use the mobile app to pay for parking, instead of having to feed cash or coins into the meter. The app also sends a notification when your meter is about to expire and allows the user to extend their time up to the maximum allowed in the lot. The user is charged a 35-cent transaction fee in addition to the normal parking rates. Beginning this summer, downtown parkers will be able to use Parkmobile in all City parking lots and at on-street meters. The app is free and available for Apple and Android phones. Learn more by looking for the green signs or stickers in lots and on meters, or by visiting www.parkmobile. com.

This year, the city will begin construction on the portion of the Greenway on Smith Street between Spring Street and Prescott Street. Phase 2 of the greenway will also begin construction. This portion will feature total reconstruction of Murrow Boulevard. Construction on the Bragg Street portion of the greenway is expected to begin in late 2018. Phase 4 of the greenway along the rail corridor from Spring Garden Street to Smith Street is currently being designed. The 2016 City transportation bonds allocated $7 million to pay for construction of this final leg of the greenway in the near future.

Cone Boulevard – Nealtown Road Connector The Cone-Nealtown Connector will extend to East Cone Boulevard from 16th Street to Nealtown Road and provide a much needed street connectivity and more convenient access to the commercial area at the end of Cone Boulevard. The improvements consist of extending East Cone Boulevard to the east and extending Nealtown Road to the north, and adding curbs and gutters, sidewalks on both sides of the road, and a new bridge over Buffalo Creek. Construction began in October 2015 and is expected to be completed in the fall of 2017.

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