Mayor A C Wharton -
JULY 15, 2010 -
Even though bike lanes were regrettably omitted from the city’s recent stimulus fund application, I have directed our City Engineers to make any necessary adjustments to their operating budget plans so we can get these lanes and facilities in place. Initiating this program to create 55 new miles of bike lanes and facilities is critical to the livability and health of our city.
My 2010-2011 Bicycle Facilities Program will make use of redirected operating funds from the City Engineer’s budget to ensure that appropriate lanes and facilities are included in upcoming repaving projects throughout the city. The repaving projects are being funded variously by Surface Transportation Program (STP) funds (approximately 15 miles), American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds (approximately 30 miles), and Engineering Division operating funds (approximately 10 miles.)
Work on the 55 miles included in the 2010-2011 Bicycle Facilities Program will begin immediately and will be completed within 18-24 months. The first project will be underway on Monday, July 19, with the striping of bike lanes on Horn Lake Road. Fully striped and marked bike lanes will be implemented wherever possible. In some areas, shared lanes, signage, and/or other kinds of non-dedicated lane facilities will be implemented.
Within a matter of weeks, we will have hired our region’s first Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator, who will be responsible for expanding on these plans to connect even more parts of the greater Memphis area with walking and biking paths. I will also be directing the Memphis Police Department and the Bike/Ped Coordinator to work together on a strategy to better educate the public and enforce existing laws that protect bicyclists on city streets.
I look forward to working with Chairman Harold Collins and members of the Memphis City Council as we expand this network in the future.
MAYOR WHARTON’S 2010 – 2011 BICYCLE LANE AND FACILITIES PROGRAM
ARRA
Group 1
Street/Route Est. Miles New Lanes/Facilities
Southern: Cooper to Early Maxwell 0.57
Southern: Early Maxwell to Josephine 0.66
Southern: Josephine to Semmes 0.43
Southern: Highland to Goodlett 1.09
Southern: Goodlett to Cherry 0.47
Southern: Cherry to Perkins 0.47
Perkins Ext: Poplar to Laurelwood 0.47
Group 2
Knight Arnold: Cherry to Perkins 0.71
Knight Arnold: Perkins to Boxdale 0.12
Knight Arnold: Boxdale to Castleman 0.66
Knight Arnold: Castleman to Mendenhall 0.33
Knight Arnold: Mendenhall to Estes 0.19
Knight Arnold: Estes to Hickory Hill 0.95
Knight Arnold: Ridgeway to Mt. Moriah 1.14
Group 3
Mill Branch: Riverbrook to Raines 0.71
Mill Branch: Raines to I-55 0.66
Mill Branch: I-55 to Winchester 0.57
Mill Branch: Winchester to Brooks 0.52
Mill Branch: Brooks to Nonconnah Blvd 0.66
Ball: Norris to Perry 0.28
Ball: Perry to Ketchum 1.04
Baskin: Whitney to Alta Vista 0.57
Delano: Alta Vista to Stage 0.19
Delano: Stage to Watkins 0.43
Delano: Watkins to Overton Crossing 0.24
Waring: Summer to Macon 0.90
Ross: Winchester to Reindeer 0.19
Ross: Reindeer to Birch Run 0.38
Ross: Birch Run to Winding Birch 0.28
Ross: Winding Birch to Raines 0.24
Ross: Raines to Ross Ridge 0.12
Ross: Ross Ridge to Elkgate 0.19
Ross: Elkgate to Shelby 0.62
Main: Crump to RR 0.12
Main: RR Underpass 0.05
Main: Crump to Carolina 0.05
Group 4
Madison: Cleveland to Watkins 0.09
Madison: Watkins to Diana 1.23
Madison: Diana to Cooper 0.14
Front: GE Patterson to Linden 0.52
Front: Linden to Beale 0.09
Front: Beale to Gayoso 0.09
Front: Gayoso to Union 0.09
McLemore: South Third to James 1.80
South Pkwy E: Lauderdale to Mississippi 0.61
South Pkwy E: Mississippi to Elvis Presley 1.00
Group 5
Chelsea: Watkins to Willett 0.14
Chelsea: Willett to McLean 0.57
Chelsea: Mclean to Tunica 0.47
Chelsea: Tunica to Boxwood 0.28
Chelsea: Boxwood to Fairfax 0.57
Well Station: Macon to Bayliss 0.47
Well Station: Macon to Watts 0.71
Semmes: Wildrose to Kimball 0.76
Semmes: Kimball to Barron 0.38
Semmes: Barron to Park 0.52
Semmes: Park to Waverly 0.43
Total est. miles – ARRA projects 28.24
STP
Group 1
Airways: Rushmore to Plough 0.8
Winchester: Mendenhall to Hickory Hill 1.1
McLean: Lamar to Hunter 3.7
Group 2
Perkins: Willow to Park 1.5
Goodlett: Goodlett Cove to Walnut Grove 1.0
Park: Airways to Semmes 1.3
Central: Goodwyn to Patterson 1.2
Cooper: Central to Southern 0.7
McLemore: Kentucky to Third 0.5
Central: Zach Curlin to Goodlett 0.5
Group 3
Watkins: 1.40 to Frayser Boulevard 1.9
Vollintein: Ayers to Bellevue 0.5
Total est. miles – STP projects: 14.7
CITY OF MEMPHIS ENGINEERING DIVISION
Florida: Georgia to Trigg 1.20
Horn Lake: Rivergate to Mitchell 1.54
Horn Lake: Fairway to Third 0.57
Linden: Thomas to Sommerville 1.18
Trinity: Raleigh- Lagrange to Sanga 1.89
Shady Grove: White Station to Yates 0.66
Graham/Goodlett: Walnut Grove to Greenline 0.83
James: Overton Crossing to Mclean 0.51
Mclean: Chelsea to Wolf River 1.18
Total est. miles – Engineering Division 9.57
