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December 2011: Three meetings to discuss potential traffic calming treatments and online survey to gather input.
September and October 2011: Identical informational public meetings to share progress to-date and next steps.
August 2011: Project status update at
Transportation Committee. Following this meeting, staff began working with community members to develop a public process for Fall 2011 to revisit design possibilities on the western portion of the project.
July 2011: Public meeting at Macalester Groveland Community Council to gather further input on proposed pedestrian refuge at Cleveland and Jefferson.
January 2011: Informational meeting to review results of test refuge at Macalester Groveland Community Council.
August - October 2010: Pedestrian refuge test at Cleveland Avenue and Jefferson Avenue.
May 2010: Public hearing at City Council on design elements of project. Project was approved, 6-1.
April 2009: Public process initiated with meeting at Macalester Groveland Transportation Committee. In the following year, there were many community discussions of the project, detailed in the project history.
March 2009: Funding allocated by
Bike Walk Twin Cities, a program of
Transit for Livable Communities, which was designated by the United States Congress to administer the Minneapolis-area location of the
federal nonmotorized transportation pilot program authorized by the last large transportation law, SAFETEA-LU
February 2009: Macalester Groveland Community Council and West Seventh/Fort Road Federation issued letters of support for the Jefferson Avenue project.
January 2009: City staff considered re-applying for Jefferson Avenue.
November 2008: Highland District Council voted to discontinue to project on Highland Parkway.
February 2008: City applied for funding for complimentary bike boulevards on Highland Parkway and Jefferson Avenue. Only Highland Parkway was awarded funding at the time.