1 / 27

Solano Streetscape Project

Solano Streetscape Project. City of Corning Presented July 23, 2013. Issues:. Corning has a high unemployment rate-12.8% vs. 8.6% statewide Many vacant storefronts downtown Little foot traffic downtown Solano Street sidewalk needs repairs Street Trees produce staining red fruit.

mohawk
Télécharger la présentation

Solano Streetscape Project

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Solano Streetscape Project City of Corning Presented July 23, 2013

  2. Issues: • Corning has a high unemployment rate-12.8% vs. 8.6% statewide • Many vacant storefronts downtown • Little foot traffic downtown • Solano Street sidewalk needs repairs • Street Trees produce staining red fruit

  3. Project Goals • Improve the appearance of Corning’s Traditional Downtown & Improve Downtown Business “climate”

  4. Why Improve Downtown Appearance? • Attracts VISITORS; i.e. customers, clients, diners, which means: • More COMMERCE, which creates: • More INTEREST in being downtown, which means: • COMPETITION for Commercial spaces, higher rents, which trigger: • Facade Improvements on private property that attract new tenants and VISITORS

  5. Funding • The project is a $2.2 million Transportation Enhancement (TE) Project. • Supported & Funded by the California Transportation Commission & Tehama County Transportation Commission

  6. Focus on Public Spaces • We focus on Public Spaces; i.e. sidewalks and streets, because City has ownership. • Project will include decorative pavers, new sidewalk, street trees, new pavement, streetlights, …

  7. Project Limits

  8. 1999 Streetscape Master Plan

  9. Details from 1999 Plan

  10. Phase 1-Demolition-(East End)

  11. Improvement Plans-(Typical)

  12. Intersection Detail

  13. Bulb-Out Details

  14. Martini Plaza Frontage

  15. Decorative Streetlights& Bollards

  16. Tree Grates (two-piece)

  17. Benches

  18. Trash Containers

  19. Tentative Schedule

  20. Current Lane Configuration

  21. Three Lane Plan

  22. Solano Street Lanes

  23. Current Lanes-Challenges

  24. City of Shasta LakeShasta Dam Blvd.

  25. Los Molinos-Hwy. 99-E

  26. Orland-Walker Street (Hwy. 32)

More Related