File #: 2022-2124   
Type: New Business
Body: Commission on Persons with Disabilities
On agenda: 6/15/2022
Title: Grand Street Resurfacing and Safety Improvement Project Final Concept
Attachments: 1. Exhibit1_Proposed Street Configuration (Recommendation), 2. Exhibit2_Street Configuration (Alternative), 3. 061522 CPD Correspondence
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Grand Street Resurfacing and Safety Improvement Project Final Concept

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To: Honorable Chair and Members of the Commission on People with Disabilities

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Grand Street Resurfacing and Safety Improvement Project is a plan to improve the condition and operations on a 0.7 mile segment of Grand Street in central City of Alameda (City). The project goals are to improve safety for all users, improve mobility for all modes, including AC Transit buses; and improve pavement condition for enhanced street operations and user experience. The corridor is identified as a high-injury corridor in the City's Vision Zero Plan. The corridor is also a critical link in the City's plan to create a low stress bicycle network for the City of Alameda.

On May 25, 2022, the Transportation Commission unanimously recommended that the City Council proceed with the staff recommended resurfacing and restriping plan. The Transportation Commission recommended striping plan is shown as Exhibit 1.

Staff is available to answer questions about the proposed design, and staff will transmit comments and recommendations from the Commission on People with Disabilities to the City Council when they consider the recommended design in late June or early July.

The project webpage is www.alamedaca.gov/GrandStreet

BACKGROUND

City staff is working to develop improvement plans for the Grand Street Resurfacing and Safety Improvement Project, which is partially funded by the One Bay Area Grant (OBAG 2) program, administered by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), which distributes federal transportation funding from the Federal Highway Administration to projects and programs throughout the Bay Area. This project is included in the State Transportation Improvement Program, with $827,000 in federal funds for construction in Federal Fiscal Year 2022-23. The City will need to expend the federal funds by October 2023 to receive reimbursement for project ex...

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