Project limits
- Barton Drive from M-14 to Brede Place
- Brockman Boulevard from Packard Street to Ferdon Road
- Crestland Drive from Packard Street to Ferdon Road
Timeline
- Summer 2024 - Land Survey
- Fall 2024 - Summer 2025 - Initial Design & Public Engagement
- Fall 2025 – Finalize Design & Bid project
- Summer 2026 – Construction
Current Project Engagement Opportunities
The community is invited to join city staff on a guided walk to learn details of the upcoming Barton, Brockman and Crestland sidewalk project. On the tour, staff will provide details, gather observations/feedback and answer questions on the project.
Guided Walks
Oct. 1, 2024
Barton Project Site
6-7 p.m.
Group to meet on Barton Road at the Longshore/Barton intersection on the sidewalk.
Oct. 3, 2024
Brockman/Crestland Project Site
6-7 p.m.
Group to meet on Brockman Boulevard at the Brockman/Packard intersection on the sidewalk
(In front of the Washtenaw County Center of Population, 2025 Packard St.)
*Walks begin promptly at the designated start time from the meeting point.
Why is this project being done?
Filling gaps in the sidewalk system is consistent with both Ann Arbor's Moving Together Towards Vision Zero transportation plan and Complete Streets Policy. Providing sidewalks where they currently do not exist can:
- Improve pedestrian safety
- Encourage active transportation and community health
- Provide a continuous user experience
- Provide more transportation options
- Eliminate the practice of walking along the road and across traffic
In November of 2020, voters approved a six-year New Sidewalk Millage. This millage, which will generate an annual revenue of approximately $1.3 million, will be used exclusively for sidewalk gap filling projects. Funding from the New Sidewalk Millage applies to all sidewalks constructed adjacent to tax-paying parcels in the City of Ann Arbor.
The city developed a prioritization system for the public right-of-way where sidewalks do not currently exist. The system considers proximity to schools, transit, and other pedestrian attractors; equity; classification of adjacent road; community support/citizen requests; and safety. This system identifies the highest priority sidewalk gaps for inclusion in the City's Capital Improvements Plan (CIP). Please visit the city's new sidewalk website for more information and to view the dashboard.
Work to be done
New sidewalks will be installed along missing gaps on Apple, John A Woods, Barton, Brockman and Crestland Sidewalk Gaps. On which side of Pear Street the new sidewalk is constructed is still to be determined.
Possible impacts
During the planning and design process, city staff will reach out to the neighborhood and to individual property owners adjacent to the project to discuss the details of the project.
While determining the side the new sidewalk is built on and the alignment of the sidewalk within the right-of-way, staff will consider the following:
- Feedback from the neighborhood;
- Removing and/or saving trees;
- Removing and/or maintaining parking;
- Reducing the road width;
- Existing utilities, fences, landscaping, and drainage.
Costs and funding source
City of Ann Arbor New Sidewalk Millage
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