Center Street and Harmon Avenue (Todd Gill, Fayetteville Flyer)A section of Oak Ridge Trail at the intersection of Center Street and Harmon Avenue will be closed for six weeks while crews work on a street improvement project.
Signs will notify trail users of the closure, and alternative routes to the University of Arkansas will be available along Duncan Avenue, according to a city news release.
The work includes installation of a traffic signal, turn lanes, new sidewalks and crosswalk improvements.
City officials said the intersection sees a high volume of pedestrian traffic from university students as well as a large number of vehicles turning left from Clinton Drive toward the Harmon Avenue parking deck. Numerous buses also travel through the intersection.
“Signalization will allow for a more orderly movement of traffic and a safer environment for pedestrians, and it will allow Razorback Transit buses to navigate the intersection more easily,” said Matt Casey, the city’s engineering design manager.
The nearly $2 million project is funded by transportation bonds that voters approved in 2019. The City Council in May approved a $1.75 million contract with NEC, Inc. for construction work. The cost for design and construction management was $179,765, and the land acquisition cost was $54,700.
Full design plans are available at fayetteville-ar.gov/3595/CenterHarmon-Intersection.
