Fayetteville residents can expect to see over four miles of sidewalk improvements in 2012.
The City Council this week approved a proposal list from the city’s Transportation Division that includes over 30 improvement projects in all four of Fayetteville’s wards.
The largest projects include construction of a 2,250-foot stretch of sidewalk on Oakland Avenue between Sycamore Street and Mt. Comfort Road, and a 2,185-foot stretch on Spring Street from College Avenue to Fletcher Avenue.
The project list includes a total of 23,411 linear feet (4.4 miles) summarized by ward as follows:
Ward 1 – 4,045 feet
Ward 2 – 12,509 feet
Ward 3 – 2,645 feet
Ward 4 – 4,212 feet
2012 Sidewalk Improvement Project Locations and Lengths
| Ward 1 | From | To | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Ave. | Sandy Dr. | Fifteenth St. | 250 ft. |
| Eden Cir. | Cul-de-sac | Clover Dr. | 250 ft. |
| Huntsville Rd. | Blair Ave. | Morningside Dr. | 500 ft. |
| Morningside Dr. | Huntsville Rd. | Fairlane St. | 610 ft. |
| Spring St. | College Ave. | Fletcher Ave. | 2,185 ft. |
| Misc. Repairs | 250 ft. |
| Ward 2 | From | To | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ash St. | Rayview Dr. | Walnut Ave. | 480 ft. |
| Center St. | alley | College Ave. | 550 ft. |
| College Ave. | Center St. | Mountain St. | 250 ft. |
| Davidson St. | Park Ave. | College Ave. | 850 ft. |
| Dickson St. | Arkansas Ave. | West Ave. | 80 ft. |
| Forest Ave. | Louise St. | Maple St. | 1,350 ft. |
| Lafayette St. | Washington Ave. | Willow Ave. | 100 ft. |
| Mountain St. | School Ave. | existing | 100 ft. |
| Mountain St. | alley | College Ave. | 280 ft. |
| Park Ave. | North St. | Prospect St. | 1,275 ft. |
| Prospect St. | Frisco Ave. | Gregg Ave. | 225 ft. |
| School Ave. | Spring St. | Center St. | 725 ft. |
| Sycamore St. | College Ave. | Walnut Ave. | 300 ft. |
| Walnut Ave. | Ash St. | Sycamore St. | 1,100 ft. |
| Lawson St.* | Porter Rd. | Sang Ave. | 520 ft. |
| Mt. Comfort Rd.* | Stephens Ave. | Garland Ave. | 1,824 ft. |
| Oakland Ave.* | Sycamore St. | Mt. Comfort Rd. | 2,250 ft. |
| Misc. Repairs | 250 ft. |
| Ward 3 | From | To | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Blvd. | Vandergriff Dr. | Starr Dr. | 920 ft. |
| Mission Blvd. | Starr Dr. | Covington Park | 1,275 ft. |
| Woodland Ave. | Poplar St. | Sycamore St. | 200 ft. |
| Misc. Repairs | 250 ft. |
| Ward 4 | From | To | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Razorback Rd. | Cleveland St. | Maple St. | 1,310 ft. |
| Salem Rd. | Old Town Ln. | Earnhart Dr. | 460 ft. |
| Salem Rd. | Bentgrass Rd. | Clabber Creek Blvd. | 317 ft. |
| Center St.* | Hartman Ave. | Razorback Rd. | 825 ft. |
| Fifteenth St.* | Beechwood Ave. | Razorback Rd. | 1,050 ft. |
| Misc. Repairs | 250 ft. |
Note: A few of the above projects were slated for 2011, but were pushed back for various reasons including weather delays.
* Indicates projects funded by a grant through Ozark Regional Transit. City staff noted that of the five ORT projects listed, some may not be completed this year due to potential funding issues. The tentative priority order for ORT projects is as follows: Fifteenth Street, Oakland Avenue, Mt. Comfort Road, Lawson Street, Center Street.
Source: Staff report
Gotta admit, the city is losing me with some of this. “A few of the above projects were slated for 2011″? Try every one of them in my neighborhood. And the sidewalk on Dickson Street from Arkansas to West is 80 feet? More like 800. Don’t want to nitpick, but if they’re going to publish it, let’s get it right.
Many of the improvements scheduled to happen this year were delayed because we reassigned crews to work on drainage projects after the town flooded in the spring. It wasn’t an easy decision, but everyone on the Council agreed that some of the requests we received for drainage improvements were higher priority.
Hose B, Dickson from Arkansas to West is indeed longer than 80 feet, but the plan only calls for 80 feet of repairs this year.
One of the projects from 2011 that wasn’t completed is the stretch of Razorback from Cleveland to Maple. I used that particular stretch as my photo for last year’s story so I made sure to ask about it. I was told it’d be one of the first to happen in 2012.
Maybe the sidewalks in your neighborhood will be worked on sooner rather than later.