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Calm (Slow) Traffic On Main Thoroughfares Create Safe, Walkable, Bicycling & Drivable Main Thoroughfares & Intersections Beautify & Enhance our Historic Character Connectivity of Residents with Commercial, Educational,

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✓Calm (Slow) Traffic On Main Thoroughfares ✓Create Safe, Walkable, Bicycling & Drivable Main Thoroughfares & Intersections ✓Beautify & Enhance our Historic Character ✓Connectivity of Residents with Commercial, Educational, Historical & Recreational Assets ✓Designate On Street Parking on Main Thoroughfares

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✓New Curbs & ADA Compliant Sidewalks ✓Texturized Intersection Crosswalks ✓Pedestrian Lighting ✓Designate On Street Parking ✓Directional Signage, Benches, Trash Receptacles, etc. ✓Bicycle Sharrows ✓Town Center Park / Public Square ✓Saucon & Liberty Bell Rail Trails

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STREETSCAPE PLAN

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✓Funded Primarily with State Grants ✓Coopersburg Share Not To Increase Local Real Estate Tax ✓NO Individual Property Owner Contribution Required ✓Conducted in Phases as Grants Come Available and Awarded

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STREETSCAPE GRANTS

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East Station Avenue Streetscape Project

(Horse Alley to Saucon Rail Trail)

Chris Stanford, PE, PTOE, PMP

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Project Goals

  • Sidewalk and curb improvements at select

locations

  • New ADA compliant curb ramps
  • New ornamental pedestrian scale lights
  • Brick patterned crosswalks
  • Traffic calming through delineation of parking

spaces and shared lane bicycle markings

  • Enhanced connection between the Saucon Rail

Trail and Main St. business district

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Project Improvements

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Project Improvements

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Project Improvements

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Project Improvements

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Project Improvements

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Project Improvements

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Project Improvements

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Project Improvements

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Project Improvements

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Walking/Bicycling Connections

  • Enhance Main Street to Saucon Rail Trail

Connection

  • Improved sidewalks/ ADA ramps
  • Continuous lighting (north side)
  • Shared lane – bicycle marking
  • Wayfinding signs
  • 8 miles of existing Saucon Rail Trail
  • Southern Lehigh Living Memorial Park
  • Upper Saucon Twp Community Park
  • Grist Mill Park
  • Water Street Park
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Example Photos – Brick Patterned Crosswalks

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Example Photos – Ornamental Light Poles

  • 15’ high
  • 1.5’ from curb
  • Designed for sidewalk lighting
  • nly (not entire roadway)
  • Energy efficient LED fixtures
  • Historic style
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Example Photos – Parking “T”

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Example Photos – Shared Lane Marking

(i.e. “sharrows”)

  • Raise awareness of the presence of bicyclists sharing the road
  • Enhance traffic calming
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Custom Signage

  • Pedestrian Scale
  • Directional signs to/from

Main St. to Rail Trail, along trail

  • Pending PennDOT approval
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Funding / Schedule

  • Funding: Federal Transportation Alternatives Program Grant

($938,000)

  • Schedule
  • Design – Fall 2018
  • Bidding – Winter 2018/2019
  • Construction – Spring/Summer 2019
  • Duration: estimated 3-5 months
  • Minor lane closures / road restrictions required
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Questions / Comments

Timothy Paashaus Borough Manager 610.282.3307 tpaashaus@coopersburgborough.org

Thank You!!