Lakeside Dr / Lake Merritt Blvd Complete Streets Paving Project
- Project TypeTransportation
- Project StatusBid-Award
Improving bicycle, pedestrian and transit safety and access around Lake Merritt!
About
The Lakeside Drive/Lake Merritt Boulevard Complete Streets Paving Project will coordinate with a planned repaving project to extend the bikeway connection around Lake Merritt from Madison Street/Lakeside Drive to 1st Avenue/International Blvd. This project will also improve pedestrian connections to the regional recreational destination of Lake Merritt and improve bus service to/from Downtown and East Oakland.
Project Goals
- Provide a safe, welcoming place to ride a bike around Lake Merritt from Madison Street to E 12th Street
- Coordinate with AC Transit to provide bus-only lanes for the new Tempo BRT service, where feasible
- Alleviate congestion on the Lake Merritt mixed-use pathway
- Provide two-way bicycle connectivity on the lake side of Lake Merritt Boulevard and Lakeside Drive north of 17th Street for recreational users, and provide one-way bike facility on south side of Lake Merritt Boulevard to connect to bike lanes on 1st Avenue and to planned bike facilities on 14th St
- Leave the freshly-paved roadway better than we found it, with a new roadway plan that encourages recreation and safe travel by all modes
Project Funding
- Safe Routes to BART (SR2B)
- Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC)
- Measure KK/U funds as matching funds
Project Schedule
- Late 2020 - Late 2022 - Public Outreach including online survey, meetings with Neighborhood Councils and local institutions/stakeholders, corridor walks with residents and Lake Merritt Groups.
- 2021-2023 Final Design
- 2023-2024 Secured Funding
- 2025 - Construction Contract Bid-Award
- 2026 - Start of Construction