Proposed "Road Diet" with bike lanes for Mineral Point Road in 2024. Public Information meeting via Zoom on December 19th at 5:00 pm

posted December 9, 2023 - 2:06pm

A public information meeting is scheduled for 5 p.m on December 19th via Zoom. Registration prior to the event is required. Sign up

The Annual Street Resurfacing Program is designed to improve the quality of streets and delay the need for total reconstruction. The City Engineering Division rates streets and curb & gutter every two years. Streets with a pavement rating of 5 or less on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being a new street) and a curb & gutter rating of 6 or greater are ideal candidates. Streets and curb & gutter with lower ratings require extensive replacement. They are patched until they are candidates for reconstruction.

Mineral Point Road from Midvale Blvd to the Speedway/Glenway intersection is on the list to be resurfaced in 2024. This resurfacing project was put on the agenda at the 11/29/23 Transportation Commission meeting for their input. The general consensus from the Transportation Commission was for Traffic Engineering staff to look into a “road diet” on this section to reduce the travel lanes and allow for installation of bike lanes.

What is a Road Diet?

The U.S. Department of Transportation describes a Road Diet as converting an existing four-lane undivided roadway to a three-lane roadway consisting of two through lanes and a center two-way left-turn lane. Source: Federal Highway Administration

Image credit: U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration

What is being proposed for this section of Mineral Point Road?

The existing street is four lanes with directional peak-hour lanes. On-street parking is allowed during off-peak times, although not heavily utilized. A road diet on this street would consist of reducing down to three travel lanes (one lane in each direction plus a center left-turn lane) with marked buffered bike lanes. All on-street parking would be permanently eliminated along this stretch.

2024 RESURFACING - Mineral Point Road TWLTL - Preliminary.pdf

Traffic Engineering is collecting traffic volume data and parking data within the next two weeks and presenting their findings at a public information meeting to be held on Tuesday, December 19 at 5:00 pm on Zoom.

The date and time of this public meeting is not ideal for many residents so please let me know if you have questions or immediate feedback you would like shared with City Staff.