Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the Deputy City Manager to Submit a Proposal in Response to the 2014 Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) Call for Projects and Accept Funding, if Awarded, from the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) for a State Highway 5 Urban Infrastructure Project
Summary
MEETING DATE: May 6, 2014
DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning Department
CONTACT: Jason Aprill, Planner I
Jennifer Arnold, Planning Manager
Gary Graham, P.E., P.T.O.E., Transportation and CIP Manager
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Approval of the Resolution
ITEM SUMMARY:
* The Resolution authorizes the Deputy City Manager to submit a proposal in response to the 2014 Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) Call for Projects and accept funding, if awarded, from the NCTCOG for a State Highway 5 Urban Infrastructure Project.
* Per the 2014 TAP Call for Projects, the NCTCOG will accept project proposals for:
o Active Transportation Projects: which make non-motorized transport safe, convenient, and appealing.
o Urban Thoroughfares/Boulevards Projects: which must be for planning, designing, or constructing urban thoroughfares/boulevards. Roadways are typically located in urban environments with low traffic speeds, designed with multi-modes of transportation, and are context sensitive in design.
o Safety and Access to Schools Projects: which include infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects that improve safety and access to any public or private schools, including elementary, secondary, and high education institutions.
* Under the Urban Thoroughfares/Boulevards Project category, projects are defined as:
o Walkable, low-speed divided arterial thoroughfares in urban environments designed to carry both through traffic and local traffic, pedestrians, and bicycles.
o Boulevards may be long corridors, typically four lanes but sometimes wider, serve longer trips, and prov...
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