Washington Elementary Community Connectivity Project

The The City of Visalia submitted a grant application for street improvements within the Washington Elementary community specifically on improving walking and biking within the community.

In order to provide you with a high-quality complete streets and active streets the City engaged the community with online surveys and public outreach meetings to garner feedback on the proposed project.

The Washington Elementary School Community, located between Noble Ave and Walnut Ave, is home to many students who attend Washington Elementary School, Mt Whitney High School, and Divisadero Middle School. Thanks to the Active Transportation Program, the City of Visalia is afforded the opportunity to apply for grant funding to not only create safe routes to schools for the students but to also improve the connectivity for the Washington Community at large.

Potential Project: Washington Community Connectivity Project

The Washington Community Connectivity Project will benefit the community located south of Noble Ave, north of Walnut Ave, west of Santa Fe St, and east of Watson St as shown below:

Project Goals

The goals of the WCCP is to promote active modes of transportation, such as walking and biking, in the Washington community by creating continuous path of travels to connect the homes, schools, and key neighborhood destinations. In doing so, the project will form safe routes to schools and improve the overall connectivity of the community at large by:

• Filling in missing gaps of sidewalks to create continuous paths
• Improving safety by reworking the crosswalks and curb ramps
• Adding safer bike lanes

Community improvements may include but not be limited to, bulb out construction to improve pedestrian crossings, median construction for traffic calming, protected bike lanes, and/or narrowing of traffic lanes.

Median:

Source: Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc.    

Thank you for being an important part of this public feedback process.

For more information or questions about the grant application process, please contact Diego Corvera, Senior Civil Engineer at (559) 713-4209 or [email protected].