Oswego Council Updated On ‘Complete Streets’ Project
by Steve Yablonski | June 13, 2017 8:04 am
OSWEGO, NY – Bergmann Associates has paved the way for redevelopment of the 3.8-mile stretch of Route 104 – the Port City’s “main street.”
Prior to the start of Monday night’s Common Council meeting, Kimberly Baptiste, AICP project manager, for Bergmann Associates, the project consultant, presented an overview of the potential for Bridge Street.
Over the past several months, the “Complete Streets” process involved an evaluation of the Route 104 corridor in the context of providing safe, convenient access and mobility for users of all ages and abilities. Members of the public, people of all ages and abilities, made several recommendations to the plan.
According to Baptiste, the document recommendations improvements, as well as opportunities “to offer greater transportation choices while maintaining efficient, reliable passage for pedestrians, bicyclists, public transportation riders and motorists.”
A “Complete Streets” project is a roadway planned and designed to consider the safe, convenient access and mobility of all roadway users of all ages and abilities, she explained. “That includes pedestrians, bicyclists, public transportation riders and motorists; including children, the elderly and persons with disabilities.”
Councilors got to view some of the proposed design aspects of the project.
The route is divided into six areas. The plans are to improve safety for pedestrians, motorists, cyclists and public transportation.
Some ideas are wider sidewalks, more visible crosswalks, reducing the number of lanes in some areas and increased green space.
The consultants broke out the cost of each of the six phases of the project.
Among them are: the western gateway tops the list at $10.6 million, downtown’s price tag is $6.3 million, urban mixed use west area is $2.3 million, bikeway facilities would cost nearly $8.5 million and the urban mixed use east phase would be $1.1 million.
The breakout will help the city consider how it will best be able to fund the project, Baptiste said.
There are some funding sources for the city to start looking at, she added.
The city has received some funding to complete the project from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.
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