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residents noted crossing issues at a few specific intersecꢀons. Each intersecꢀon will require its own
review to determine the most appropriate treatment.
5. RECOMMENDED PROJECTS
This chapter discusses project recommendaꢀons for the Central Bench’s pedestrian and bicycle network. These infrastructure improvements are intended to enhance pedestrian/bicycle access and circulaꢀon as well as help pedestrians and bicyclists feel more comfortable traveling within and through the Central Bench. This chapter focuses on engineering and infrastructure improvements.
Lighꢀng at intersecꢀons should be carefully considered.
Table 3 provides further informaꢀon on each project idenꢀ- fied in Figure 16. Projects in Table 3 are listed alphabeꢀcally under their respecꢀve neighborhood associaꢀon and roadway funcꢀonal classificaꢀon. The table indicates if the project is also included in one of the previous plans described in Chapter 2. Many of the projects in Table 3 will be evaluated using ACHD’s Community Programs prioriꢀzaꢀon process. This process considers a range of factors (e.g., proximity to schools, major roads, available funding, city or school district support, etc.). Appendix ‘B’ contains more informaꢀon on this process, as well as the results of applying the techni-
cal criteria to the projects below. Note that scoring in Appen-
dix ‘B’ does not represent a complete or final prioriꢀzaꢀon of the projects.
The majority of the projects were idenꢀfied by members of
the public and agency stakeholders through the outreach
process. Several projects have been previously idenꢀfied in
the Roadways to Bikeways Plan or other planning documents.
PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS
Figure 16 shows the recommended set of projects to improve the exisꢀng pedestrian network in the Boise Central Bench study area. These projects will improve the connecꢀvity of the exisꢀng network and make walking a more comfortable and viable mode of transportaꢀon throughout the area. The projects recommended in this secꢀon were developed from a review of exisꢀng condiꢀons and needs, as described in the previous secꢀons, efforts to idenꢀfy all gaps in the sidewalk
network on arterial and collector roadways, walking route
maps prepared as part of the Treasure Valley YMCA Safe Routes to School Program, and comments received from
the general public through the previously described public involvement process. Recommended pedestrian projects
fall into four general categories:
Table 3. Recommended Pedestrian Projects.
- Project Name1
- Project Type
- Previous Plan2
Borah Neighborhood Arterial Roads
Cole Rd, Overland Rd/Franklin Rd
Curꢀs Rd, Overland Rd/Franklin Rd Franklin Rd, Allumbaugh St/Liberty St
Franklin Rd, Cole Rd/Allumbaugh St
Collector Roads
Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk
-SR
--
Sidewalks: Sidewalks
are the most obvious
piece of the pedestrian
▪
Cassia St, Franklin Park Dr/Troxel Dr
Curꢀs Rd, Targee St/Overland Rd
Local Roads
Sidewalk Sidewalk
--
network. They provide pedestrians both
verꢀcal and lateral separaꢀon from motor vehicles. Most pedestrian-related projects involve filling in gaps in the exisꢀng sidewalk network or repairing exisꢀng sidewalks that are in poor condiꢀon (i.e.
extreme heaving or cracking).
Albright St, Fairfield Ave/Robertson Dr
Cameron St, Hummel Dr/Randolph Dr
Fairfield Ave, Cameron St/Holiday Dr
Mcmullen St, Cole Rd/Holiday Dr Rand St, Grassmere St/Overland Rd
Randolph Dr, Aurora Dr/Curꢀs Rd
Raymond St, Dorian St/Overland Rd
Robertson Dr, Fairfield Ave/Biggs St
Central Bench Neighborhood Arterial Roads
Sidewalk Sidewalk
SR SR
- -
- Sidewalk
Traffic Calming
Sidewalk
--
- Sidewalk
- SR
-
Shared-Use Path: These
Sidewalk
▪
are off-street connecꢀons
serving both bicyclists and
pedestrians. Both of the
recommended shared-use paths in the Boise Central
Bench area are connecꢀons
to Cassia Park requested by area residents.
- Sidewalk
- SR
Curꢀs Rd, Overland Rd/Franklin Rd
Orchard St/Alpine St
Sidewalk
Intersecꢀon Intersecꢀon
Sidewalk
SR
-
- Orchard St/Cassia St
- -
Overland Rd, Orchard St/Roosevelt St
Collector Roads
B
Traffic Calming: Several comments were received
▪
regarding motor vehicle traffic speeds on Alpine
Street, Sunrise Rim Road, and McMullen Street. It is
recommended that ACHD invesꢀgate these issues and possible traffic calming opꢀons for these roads.
Kootenai St, Kootenai St/Roosevelt St
Phillippi St, Cassia St/Franklin Rd Phillippi St, Overland Rd/Phillippi St Roosevelt St, Cassia St/Rose Hill St Roosevelt St, Franklin Rd/Emerald St Roosevelt St, Overland Rd/Cassia St
Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk
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Intersecꢀon: Generally intersecꢀon crossing improvements should be examined as part of any the projects in the above categories; however, area
▪
SR
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- Project Name1
- Project Type
- Previous Plan2
- Project Name1
- Project Type
Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk
Previous Plan2
Local Roads
Owyhee St, Alpine St/Rose Hill St Owhee St, Grover Ct/Rose Hill St Owyhee St, Cassia St/Agate Ct
Owyhee St, Kootenai St/Cassia St
Hillcrest Neighborhood Arterial Roads
SR SR SR SR
Alpine St, Orchard St/Peasley St Alpine St, Orchard St/Roosevelt St Camas St, Orchard St/Roosevelt St
Cassia St, Curꢀs Rd/Orchard St
Garden St, Albion St/Franklin Rd Garden St, Cassia Park/Albion St
Traffic Calming
Sidewalk
D-
- Sidewalk
- -
- Sidewalk
- D
V-
Sidewalk
- Shared-Use Path
- Orchard St, Malad St/500' North of
Malad St
- Sidewalk
- SR
Wood Acres Ct, Cassia Park/ End of Road
Shared-Use Path
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Orchard St, Targee St/Overland Rd
Overland Rd, Orchard St/Roosevelt St
Collector Roads
Sidewalk Sidewalk
SR B
Central Rim Neighborhood Arterial Roads
Emerald St, Roosevelt St/Marshall St
Emerald St, Pond St/Wilson St Orchard St, Kendall St/Fairview Ave
Local Roads
Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk
C-
Curꢀs Rd, Targee St/Overland Rd
Owyhee St, Elder St/Catalina Rd Roosevelt St, Catalina Rd/Targee St Roosevelt St, Palouse St/Nez Perce St
Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk
-SR
- -
- R
SR,V
Garden St, Emerald St/Irving St Irving St, Orchard St/Roosevelt St Roosevelt St, Emerald St/Irving St
Depot Bench Neighborhood
Arterial Roads
Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk
V-
Roosevelt St, St Andrews Dr/ Pasadena Dr
- Sidewalk
- -
Roosevelt St, Targee St/Palouse St Targee St, Eagleson Rd/Phillippi St
Local Roads
Sidewalk Sidewalk
V-
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Catalina Rd, Roosevelt St/Owyhee St Hillcrest Dr, Pond St/Roosevelt St Phillippi St, Targee St/Overland Rd Pond St, Hillcrest View Dr/Hillcrest Dr
Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk
SR
-
Capitol Blvd/Crescent Rim Dr
Intersecꢀon
D-
Capitol Blvd, Eastover Ter/Crescent Rim Dr
Sidewalk
SR
- SR
- Emerald St, Roosevelt St/Marshall St
Latah St, Kipling Rd/Crescent Rim Dr Overland Rd, Columbus St/Anneꢁ St
Overland Rd, Vista Ave/Columbus St
Rose Hill St, Peg Ln/Owyhee St
Rose Hill St/Shoshone St
Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk
Intersecꢀon
CSR V
Spaulding St, Broadmoor Dr/ Orchard St
- Sidewalk
- SR
Spaulding St, Eagleson Rd/Phillippi St Spaulding St, Orchard St/Pond St
Sidewalk Sidewalk
SR SR
-SR D
Vardon Way - Pasadena Dr, Catalina Rd/E of Normandie Dr
- Sidewalk
- -
Collector Roads
Morris Hill Neighborhood
Arterial Roads
Columbus St, Frederic St/Kootenai St Kootenai St, Latah St/Owyhee St Kootenai St, Owyhee St/Vista Ave Kootenai St, Roosevelt St/Latah St Kootenai St, Vista Ave/Pico St Owyhee St, Overland Rd/Kootenai St
Roosevelt St, Cassia St/Rose Hill St Roosevelt St, Franklin Rd/Emerald St Roosevelt St, Overland Rd/Cassia St
Local Roads
Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk
--
Emerald St, Curꢀs Rd/Orchard St Emerald St, Pond St/Wilson St
Orchard St/Alpine St
Sidewalk Sidewalk
B-
SR SR
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Intersecꢀon
Sidewalk
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Orchard St, Kendall St/Fairview Ave
Orchard St, Morris Hill Rd/Emerald St
Collector Roads
RB
SR
-
Sidewalk
SR
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Irving St, Eagleson St/Hilton St Roosevelt St, Franklin Rd/Emerald St
Local Roads
Sidewalk Sidewalk
-SR
Alpine St, Latah St/Owyhee St
Alpine St, Orchard St/Peasley St Alpine St, Owyhee St/Peasley St
Alpine St, Roosevelt St/Latah St Cassia St, La Cassia Dr/Shoshone St
Cassia St, Shoshone St/Vista Ave
Sidewalk
Traffic Calming
Sidewalk
SR D
Alpine St, Orchard St/Peasley St Alpine St, Orchard St/Roosevelt St Garden St, Franklin Rd/Emerald St
Morris Hill Rd, Curꢀs Rd/Orchard St
Morris Hill Rd, Orchard St/Garden St
St Alphonsus Area
Traffic Calming
Sidewalk
D-
SR
SR SR SR
- Sidewalk
- V
-
Sidewalk
Sidewalk
Sidewalk
- Sidewalk
- -
Sidewalk
Crescent Rim Dr, Peasley St/ Capitol Blvd
Sidewalk Sidewalk
-
Arterial Roads
- Emerald St, Cascade Dr/Raymond St
- Sidewalk
- -
Morris Hill Rd, Latah St/Peasley St
SR
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- Project Name1
- Project Type
Sidewalk
Previous Plan2
As Table 3 shows, there are 112 recommended pedestrian
projects (9 of which are already programmed for funding in ACHD’s Five-Year Work Program or Community Programs budget), including 103 sidewalk fill or repair projects, 2 shared-use paths, 3 streets to consider traffic calming on, and 4 intersecꢀon-specific projects. The table also shows that many of these projects have also been idenꢀfied as
needs by previous plans.
Collector Roads
Allumbaugh St, Franklin Rd/ Fairmont St
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Barrister Dr, Cole Rd/Allumbaugh St
Liberty St, Franklin Rd/Emerald St
Local Roads
Sidewalk Sidewalk
-SR
Morris Hill Rd, Liberty St/Hartman St Morris Hill Rd, Morris Hill Rd/Liberty St
Sunrise Rim Neighborhood Collector Roads
Sidewalk Sidewalk
--
Determining the order projects are implemented in is ulꢀ- mately a combinaꢀon of technical scores, the public input described in Chapter 4, construcꢀon feasibility (e.g., a project that can be accomplished within exisꢀng public right-of-
way can be implemented sooner than a project that requires
property acquisiꢀon), and other programming factors. In
reviewing the recommended pedestrian projects with these
factors in mind, the following projects stand out as the recommended highest prioriꢀes:
Owyhee St, Elder St/Catalina Rd
Local Roads
- Sidewalk
- SR
Pasadena Dr, Owyhee St/300' East of
Owyhee St
Sidewalk Sidewalk
SR S
Sunrise Rim Rd, East of Apple Blossom Ln/East of Denmark St
Alpine Street from Orchard Street to Peasley Street:
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Invesꢀgate the need for traffic calming and fill in gaps in the sidewalk network. Also invesꢀgate installing an enhanced crossing of Orchard Street at Alpine Street.
Sunrise Rim Rd, Vista Ave/2000' E of
Denmark St
Traffic Calming
S
Vista Neighborhood
Emerald Street from Orchard Street to Americana
Boulevard: Fill in gaps in the sidewalk network.
Arterial Roads
▪▪
Emerald St, Mitchell St/Kimball Pl Overland Rd, Columbus St/Anneꢁ St
Overland Rd, Vista Ave/Columbus St
Collector Roads
Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk
-V-
Grace Jordan Elementary School Area: Improve walking
routes to Grace Jordan Elementary School, which is
located north of Overland Road between Curꢀs Road and Cole Road. This may include filling in sidewalk gaps, improving crossings, and/or construcꢀng curbseparated pedestrian paths; however, given the mix of
public comments in the area, more detailed study and
public involvement are needed to determine the final
treatments. Improvements in this area will need to
address concerns for providing safe walking routes to the school while limiꢀng impacts to property and the character of the exisꢀng neighborhood.
Anneꢁ St, Malad St/Targee St Cherry Ln, Hervey St/Broxon St
Columbus St, Targee St/Palouse St
Nez Perce St, Latah St/Pacific St
Nez Perce St, Vista Ave/Columbus St Owyhee St, Dill Dr/Palouse St Roosevelt St, Palouse St/Nez Perce St Roosevelt St, Targee St/Palouse St
Targee St, Columbus St/Anneꢁ St
Victory Rd, Helen Ave/Columbus St
Victory Rd, Virginia Ave/Denver Way
Local Roads
Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk
SR SR, V SR, V SR SR, V SR, V SR, V V
Liberty Street from Franklin Road to Emerald Street:
Fill in gaps in the sidewalk network.
▪
--
The final pedestrian treatment (ie. aꢁached versus detached sidewalk) for each project will be determined through ACHD’s yearly scoping effort. All pedestrian treatment recommendaꢀons will be shared with the neighborhood and the City for their review and comment in ACHD’s yearly scoping report. More informaꢀon on specific pedestrian treatment opꢀons that could be considered for each project can be found in Appendix ‘C.’
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Canal St, Ladera Pl/Vista Ave Canal St, Robert Ln/Columbus St Latah St, South Of Targee St/Targee St Malad St, Anneꢁ St/Federal Way Shoshone St, Cherry Ln/Targee St Shoshone St, Malad St/Cherry Ln
Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk
V----SR
Shoshone St, Nez Perce St/ Overland Rd
- Sidewalk
- -
Targee St, Arcadia St/Owyhee St Targee St, Owyhee St/Shoshone St Targee St, Roosevelt St/Arcadia St
Sidewalk Sidewalk Sidewalk
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1 Projects in orange will be constructed under ACHD’s current Five Year Work Plan
2 B = Blueprint Boise, C= Central Rim, D = Depot Bench, R = Roadways to Bikeways,
SR = Safe Routes to School, S = Sunrise Rim, V = Vista
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