This is a city proposal for a bike lane through St. Elmo on Virginia Avenue in Chattanooga.St. Elmo cyclists moved closer to safer bike lanes and getting more mobility choices Thursday.
Designers showed preliminary plans to residents to get feedback on possible changes for the Virginia Avenue Greenway Project and the Broad Street Protected Bike Lane Project. They will take suggestions into consideration when drawing up final plans for construction, said Wade Walker, regional engineering manger with the North Carolina-based Alta, a planning and design company.
Most attending the Virginia Avenue Greenway Project meeting at the old fire hall off St. Elmo Avenue Thursday said they can’t wait until spring 2015 when construction is scheduled to begin.
The roadways won’t be widened, but there will be better markings, more signs and collapsible bollards to limit and control traffic flow, said Mike Repsch, consultant with Alta.
The Virginia Avenue Greenway Project is a pedestrian and bicycle greenway on Virginia Avenue. Designers also met with residents to get feedback on the Broad Street protected bike lane project that will run from M.L. King Boulevard to the Tennessee Aquarium.