Last week, Transportation & Public Works Department staff and the contracted consultants presented the 30% design plans for the Downtown Elmwood Streetscape Improvement project to Elmwood and adjacent neighbors.
This 2024 bond project was made possible because of the recommendations in the West Oak Cliff Area Plan to provide traffic calming and street safety along the important commercial node. There is now a survey residents can complete through April 25.
Elmwood residents, stakeholders, and visitors are encouraged to complete the bilingual survey here. The presentation can be viewed here.Â
Goals of the plan for Elmwood include:
- Exploring public realm, street, and intersection redesign of Edgefield, Ferndale, Balboa, Brunner, Newport, Berkley, Pioneer Drive in Downtown Elmwood to improve pedestrian safety, fix unsafe vehicular movements, improve property access, and create community green space opportunities,
- Creating a Safe Routes to School plan for Margaret B Henderson identifying improvements that will help make it easier and more comfortable for students to walk and bicycle to school. Once plans have been completed, the City of Dallas Department of Transportation should seek funding for implementation through external grants, such as the Federal Transportation Alternatives program.
- Exploring opportunities to provide a new traffic signal or traffic control devices along Edgefield in Downtown Elmwood to help calm traffic speeds and enhance the pedestrian nature of these roadways.
