Street Improvement Strategies This section includes a sum mary and description of the street im provem ent projects that will be implem ented based on the identification of existing a nd future sy stem deficien cies as discussed in Chapter 3 and in a preceding section of this chapter. These im provem ents address a variety of local and regionally -significant traffic circulation issues including: • New roadway s needed to serve developing areas; • Improvem ents to address traffic congestion that currently exceeds or is e xpected to exceed the Level of Service D standard or the applicable state highway volum e-to-capacity (V/C) standard; and • Urban upgrades of county roads to m eet city design standards. New or Improved Streets and Intersections Table 5-8 presents the improvem ents to the existing street sy stem in the Medford UGB. Included are projects that would be constructed by ODOT, the C ity of Medford and Jackson County . These projects were developed through a variety of studies including the City ’s 17-project list, the 2001-2023 Rogue Valley Regional Transportation Plan and the City ’s recently com pleted Level of Service (LOS) Study . Included are new roads and interchanges, roadway widenings, and intersection geom etric and signal upgrade projects. Bridge im provem ents and traffic signalization projects are described in the following sections. Appendix F display s the recom mendations in the adopted 2001-2023 Regional Transportation Plan , while Appendix G includes m ore deta iled inform ation about the LOS Study . It should be noted that Table 5-8 includes all iden tified roadway and intersection im provem ent needs in the Medford UGB regardless of funding or tim ing of the im provem ent need. Further discussion of specific im provem ents to be im plem ented in the 20-y ear planning horizon based on anticipated funding is included in Chapter 13. Table 5-8 Summary of Street System Capacity and Operations Improvements Project No. Location Improv ement Sourc e of Improv ement Medford Street Improvements 402 Lozier Lane, 500’ from Cunningham north Construct new three lane road w ith bike lanes and sidew alks 17-project list 403 Garfield Rd, Peach to Kings Highw ay Add se cond NBL lane, second EBL lane, and EBR lane Widen to three lanes w ith curb, gutter, bike lanes and sidew alks 17-project list 407 Jackson St, Berkeley Way to Valley View Dr Realign and w iden to three lanes w ith curb, gutter, bike lanes and sidew alks 17-project list 409 Peach St, Stew art to Garfield Widen to two lanes w ith curb, gutter, bike lanes and sidew alks 17-project list 412 S Holly , Garfield to Holmes Construct new three lane road w ith bike lanes and sidew alks 17-project list 413 Columbus Ave, McAndrew s to Sage Realign, extend Columbus to Sage Rd, and widen to three lanes w ith bike lanes and sidew alks 17-project list 414 Poplar, McAndrew s to Progress Widen to three lanes w ith curb, gutters, bike lanes and sidew alks RTP/17-project list 416 Crater Lake at McAndrew s 17-project list 417 Siskiy ou at Highland Realign inte rsection, add NBL lane, extend EBR lane, signalize 17-project list/LOS Study Medford Transportation Syst em Plan 5-27 Street Plan

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