The City Council last night heard public comment on Council Bill 2010-073 — calling for a special election in June to renew the 1/4-cent Capital Improvements Sales Tax. STAR Team Chairman Bruce Adib-Yazdi was one of three citizens who spoke in favor of the tax. No one spoke against it.
Bruce’s remarks were confined to supporting the line item for bicycle infrastructure (see the Traditional Projects section in the document linked above): $400,000 for bicycle route signing and markings. The new sign system — based on the interstate highway system — was developed by City Traffic Engineer David Hutchison and the STAR Team. The “markings” mentioned in this line item refer to sharrows for the bicycle route system.
There are other items of note in the line items, e.g.
- $1.2 million for traffic signal/traffic calming
- $750,000 for center city development
- $150,000 for street concept design
- $2 million for sidewalk reconstruction
- $1 million for school sidewalk program
OzarksFirst (KLOR10) filed this report (unable to embed video).
The Council will vote on CB2010-073 at the next meeting.
Comments 1
I love the route system idea! Wayfinding on pleasant roads is such a valuable and under-recognized asset for new cyclists.
Posted 09 Mar 2010 at 10:09 am ¶