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Final Order approving the bikeway improvements on Griggs Street between Summit Avenue and Minnehaha
Avenue. (File No. 19128, Assmt No. 125100)
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In the matter of improving Griggs Street between Summit Avenue and Minnehaha Avenue by improving the pedestrian and bicycle environment along the corridor. The project includes traffic calming with traffic circles (to be located at Portland Avenue, Laurel Avenue, Sherburne Avenue, Edmund Avenue, and Blair Avenue) and bumpouts, bicycle specific pavement markers and destination/directional signs, dynamic speed display signs, bike/ped signal detection technology, and improved street lighting.
Also, properties abutting Griggs Street between St. Anthony Avenue and University Avenue will be assessed for street lighting improvements.
Under Preliminary Order 11-2132 approved November 23, 2011
The Council of the City of Saint Paul has conducted a public hearing upon the above improvement, due notice thereof having been given as prescribed by the City Charter; and
WHEREAS, the Council has heard all persons, objections and recommendations pertaining to said proposed improvement and has fully considered the same; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul does hereby order that the above-described improvement be made, and the proper City officers are hereby directed and authorized to proceed with the improvement; and be it
RESOLVED, that the proper City officers will prepare a report to assess the impact of the bikeway improvements on the entirety of the project (including but not limited to “before and after” information on traffic, bicycle, and pedestrian counts; speed studies; and crash reports) and report these findings to the neighborhood residents and City Council two years following the completion of construction in order to assess whether any changes to the installed treatments should be made; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that upon the completion of said improvement, the proper...
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