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