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Solano Streetscape Project

Solano Streetscape Project. City of Corning Presented July 23, 2013. Issues:. Corning has a high unemployment rate-12.8% vs. 8.6% statewide Many vacant storefronts downtown Little foot traffic downtown Solano Street sidewalk needs repairs Street Trees produce staining red fruit.

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Solano Streetscape Project

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  1. Solano Streetscape Project City of Corning Presented July 23, 2013

  2. Issues: • Corning has a high unemployment rate-12.8% vs. 8.6% statewide • Many vacant storefronts downtown • Little foot traffic downtown • Solano Street sidewalk needs repairs • Street Trees produce staining red fruit

  3. Project Goals • Improve the appearance of Corning’s Traditional Downtown & Improve Downtown Business “climate”

  4. Why Improve Downtown Appearance? • Attracts VISITORS; i.e. customers, clients, diners, which means: • More COMMERCE, which creates: • More INTEREST in being downtown, which means: • COMPETITION for Commercial spaces, higher rents, which trigger: • Facade Improvements on private property that attract new tenants and VISITORS

  5. Funding • The project is a $2.2 million Transportation Enhancement (TE) Project. • Supported & Funded by the California Transportation Commission & Tehama County Transportation Commission

  6. Focus on Public Spaces • We focus on Public Spaces; i.e. sidewalks and streets, because City has ownership. • Project will include decorative pavers, new sidewalk, street trees, new pavement, streetlights, …

  7. Project Limits

  8. 1999 Streetscape Master Plan

  9. Details from 1999 Plan

  10. Phase 1-Demolition-(East End)

  11. Improvement Plans-(Typical)

  12. Intersection Detail

  13. Bulb-Out Details

  14. Martini Plaza Frontage

  15. Decorative Streetlights& Bollards

  16. Tree Grates (two-piece)

  17. Benches

  18. Trash Containers

  19. Tentative Schedule

  20. Current Lane Configuration

  21. Three Lane Plan

  22. Solano Street Lanes

  23. Current Lanes-Challenges

  24. City of Shasta LakeShasta Dam Blvd.

  25. Los Molinos-Hwy. 99-E

  26. Orland-Walker Street (Hwy. 32)

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