Lakeside Dr / Lake Merritt Blvd Complete Streets Paving Project

• Project TypeTransportation
• Project StatusPlanned

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

• Estimated Construction Contract Amount: $6.7M
  • $3M in Safe Routes to BART (SR2B)
  • $1M in Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC)
  • Measure KK/U funds as matching funds

Project Schedule

• Late 2020 - Late 2022 - Public Outreach including online survey, online meetings with Neighborhood Councils and local stakeholders, corridor walks with residents.
• TBD (Timing Dependent on Measure U Bond Sale) - Advertise and Award Construction Contract, Start Construction
• February 2028 - Construction Grant Deadline