We received a lot of insightful comments from the public during the Cedar Springs Complete Streets meeting on March 24th. Click here for a full list of comments from the meeting. Here’s a rundown of the common themes we heard:
- Pedestrian Improvements are needed throughout corridor
- Enhance sidewalk quality/width
- Increase pedestrian lighting
- Improve intersection safety, particularly at Knight, Regan
- Landscaped buffer on sidewalks\Increase pedestrian crossing times at intersections
- Gateway enhancements at Oak Lawn Ave. and Dougle Ave. intersections are needed to add character to the corridor. These intersections should include:
- Seating/Pedestrian Plazas
- Pedestrian Wayfinding
- Decorative lighting fixtures
- Other elements to create notable entrance points to Cedar Springs Road
- Seating/Pedestrian Plazas
- Traffic Calming
- Look into possibility of a road diet on Cedar Springs (from 4 to 3 lanes with a middle turn lane)
- Consider speed humps/bumpouts on side streets leading into Cedar Springs
- Consider textured pavements on Cedar Springs Road to slow traffic
Our inter-departmental team is currently working on design concepts which address all of these issues. We plan to present these concepts in a future public meeting this summer.
