Bike lanes being added to Westnedge Avenue and Park Street in Kalamazoo

KALAMAZOO, MI — Bike lanes are remaining extra to Westnedge Avenue and Park Avenue this week, as section of an energy to relaxed site visitors and improve pedestrian security, the town of Kalamazoo reported.

The operate commenced Monday, July 11, and contains fog sealing and restriping from Dunkley Street to Michigan Avenue, and including bike lanes and on-road parking locations. Car travel lanes will be receded to 11 ft huge, from present-day lane widths ranging from 12-14 ft, the metropolis mentioned.

Both streets will keep on being open up in the course of the job, with single lane closures at a time as desired, the metropolis stated in a information launch.

The job is prepared to be finished in accordance to the following schedule, the city said, which could be impacted by climate:

Monday, July 11

No Parking Discover (Dunkley to Michigan) – Signage will be placed and discover will be offered to residents and companies that on-avenue parking will not be accessible all through perform.

Tuesday, July 12

Removing Pavement Markings (Dunkley to Michigan) – Existing pavement markings will be taken out. There will be no lane closures, but there might be delays relevant to crews in the roadway.

Wednesday, July 13

Fog Sealing (Dunkley to Kalamazoo) – 1 lane will be shut at a time. The exterior lanes will be sealed very first, adopted by the inside lanes.

Thursday, July 14

Fog Sealing (Kalamazoo to Michigan) – A person lane will be shut at a time. The outdoors lanes will be sealed initial, followed by the inside of lanes.

Adding Pavement Markings (Dunkley to Kalamazoo) – There will be no lane closures during pavement marking, but there may perhaps be delays connected to crews in the roadway.

Friday, July 15

Introducing Pavement Markings (Kalamazoo to Michigan) – There will be no lane closures through pavement marking but there might be delays similar to crews in the roadway.

Job overview

Westnedge and Park between Dunkley and Michigan will be fog sealed. A fog seal is a gentle coat of asphalt that is sprayed to make a to create a uniform black floor and rejuvenate the asphalt pavement. It also improves and increases the visibility of new paint and the life expectancy of a street. It involves warm weather ailments to heal and can’t be driven on to make certain it cures properly and evenly, the city explained.

As soon as the fog sealing process is complete, Westnedge and Park amongst Dunkley and Michigan will be repainted to “right-sized” vacation lanes. This involves cutting down the width of current lanes from several dimensions concerning 12 toes and 14 toes to a normal 11-foot width to enable calm website traffic, the town claimed.

At the time the road journey lanes are correct-sized, the newfound house all over the total undertaking will make it possible for for the addition of an on-road bicycle lane in every route (southbound on Westnedge, northbound on Park). This will produce a much-wanted north-south bike route by way of the city and conect neighborhoods to downtown Kalamazoo and the Kalamazoo River Valley Path, available at Kalamazoo Avenue.

The bike lanes will be extra from Kalamazoo to Dunkley, the town reported.

An more profit of “right-sizing” the journey lanes and the newfound area is the availability to incorporate on-street parking at particular destinations during the challenge. These areas will include painted pavement markings displaying where autos can park.

A safeguarded bicycle lane will be piloted using cones and bollards, from Lovell Street to Dutton Avenue, the town explained. From Dutton to Village Avenue, the buffered bike lane will changeover to shared-use markings or “sharrows” to keep on-street parking for Enterprises in the Vine Commercial Corridor. Bike lanes will then continue on from Village Road to Crosstown Parkway, the metropolis stated.

Crosswalks and signage will be included at the adhering to intersections to improve pedestrian access and protection along both of those Westnedge and Park:

On Westnedge, at:

• Walnut Road
• Wheaton Avenue
• Forest Street

On Park, at:

• Walnut Avenue
• Burr Oak Street
• Forest Road

Intersections that at this time have crosswalks and signage are:

On Westnedge, at:

• Dutton Avenue
• Vine Road
• North of Village Street
• Crosstown Parkway

On Park, at:

• Vine Street
• Crosstown Parkway

View much more information on the job site

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