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CHAPTER 6
<br /> Traffic/Parking/Transit/Bike Pedestrian& Adjacent Land Use Implementation Actions
<br /> • Two lanes with diagonal parking. • Pedestrian connectors. • Extend street trees and median to
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<br /> • Parking/circulation. • Primarily retail and residential the waterfront.
<br /> Hewitt and • Bike connection to the Waterfront Trail. mixed-use • Add bulbs and other streetscape
<br /> Bond west improvements with redevelopment.
<br /> of W. Marine
<br /> View Drive
<br /> S-2 Undertake a program to upgrade Rucker Avenue.
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<br /> 4, ) t "� ,� ,rt :;; ,• ,t�,s +,„1,,,44('U The recommended improvements for Rucker Avenue include:
<br /> •. '"� l,�t�,�t,li? « Four lanes with a landscaped median and parallel parking
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<br /> I . � • Encourage pedestrian oriented ground floor commercial uses with
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<br /> N Improved sidewalks with street trees and lighting
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<br /> rk yhF ... L • Curb bulbs at intersections
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<br /> t .Itt ft� '�" � t r 'S1 4. . Because Rucker Avenue is seen as a likelycenter of an emerging
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<br /> � kA':0F t t1 M1 Mp �174fi0 471 residential neighborhood, improving this street should receive high
<br /> 03 priority. The City should undertake a street improvement project (similar
<br /> Figure 77. Rucker Avenue has the potential to in nature to Hewitt Avenue) to construct the recommended improvements.
<br /> be the core of a growing downtown The project could be funded from City funds and public grants with
<br /> neighborhood.
<br /> additional funds from Local Improvement District assessments to adjacent
<br /> property owners. The next step would be to prepare a preliminary plan
<br /> for the street that would identify costs and funding sources.
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