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City of Auburn Streetscape: A Complete Street

City of Auburn Streetscape: A Complete Street. Presented by: Ed Armstrong, RLA. Project Overview. Streetscape improvements connecting the City of Auburn’s historic Old Town with its Downtown business district. Project Goals. Reveal and celebrate Auburn’s identity and sense of place

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City of Auburn Streetscape: A Complete Street

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  1. City of Auburn Streetscape:A Complete Street Presented by: Ed Armstrong, RLA

  2. Project Overview • Streetscape improvements connecting the City of Auburn’s historic Old Town with its Downtown business district

  3. Project Goals • Reveal and celebrate Auburn’s identity and sense of place • Strengthen the community social fabric • Encourage people to stop, stroll, shop, and stay

  4. Project Goals • Contribute to economic revitalization • Create a positive walking experience • Improve and add wayfinding tools • Improve infrastructure

  5. Design Elements • Trees, art, lighting, and paving used to create a distinct and inspirational setting • Street and accent lighting designed to enhance safety and unify the corridor • New urban plaza design • Traffic calming design • Stormwater infiltration/ attenuation features • Phasing Plan and detailed cost estimates developed to accommodate nine phases Before After

  6. Sustainability Features • Large shade trees • Locally (Northern California) produced materials: • Granite • Street furnishings • Low water use and native plants • Living Christmas tree

  7. Complete Street Elements • Pedestrian oriented • Designed to encourage pedestrians to loiter • Interpretive signs with wayfinding lighting on pedestals • ADA accessibility • Fire pit and seating • Traffic Calming: • Crosswalk coloring and lights installed in stop bars • Medians and bulb-outs

  8. Low Impact Development • Planter swales • Captures run-off from street in limited space • Requires species that tolerate wet conditions in the winter and spring • In our climate, plants need irrigation for summer • Engineering concerns over water affect on pavement • City excited about look, so willing to try something new

  9. Low Impact Development • Planter swale considerations • Establish correct grade at entry point (otherwise pooling of water can occur) • Address concerns over vandalism and maintenance (rocks) • Design for visual appeal with selection of plants and rocks

  10. Low Impact Development • Pervious Concrete • Incorporated into design, but later removed • Engineering concerns over infiltration of water undermining street • Uncertainty regarding maintenance and longevity • Concerns over rougher surfacing • Introduction of new technology, especially in prominent location

  11. Lessons Learned • Start with big ideas • Community involvement is essential early on in the design process to obtain stakeholder buy-in • Weekly construction meetings with merchants and landowners can help ease economic concerns • Coordinate with engineers throughout the project and get buy-in on stormwater designs • Engage contractor knowledgeable in Low Impact Development techniques

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