TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Adam Lindsay ICMA-CM, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Sheila Thomas-Ambat, PE, Public Services Director
Brian McGill, PE, PTOE, Interim Assistant Public Services Director - Traffic Services
Virginia Small, Transportation Planner
John McNeill, PMP, Senior Project Manager - Traffic
DATE: June 2, 2025
RE:
Title
The Supplemental Fayetteville Comprehensive Pedestrian Plan Study
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
All
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal IV: The City of Fayetteville will be a highly desirable place to live, work, and recreate.
Executive Summary:
To supplement the City of Fayetteville Pedestrian Plan update, staff in response to Council direction, initiated a City-funded pedestrian study that focused on pedestrian improvements near K-12 public schools within or servicing the City.
The Supplemental Fayetteville Comprehensive Pedestrian Plan Study includes a detailed analysis of all school service areas to identify gaps in the pedestrian network. This analysis identified pedestrian safety improvement projects to expand the walkable areas around public schools. The study developed 26 cut sheets for pedestrian improvement projects near schools, and 12 cost estimates and more detailed recommendations for the highest-prioritized schools.
Should Council approve of this plan, staff will place the approval and adoption of the Supplemental Fayetteville Comprehensive Pedestrian Plan Study on a forthcoming consent agenda.
Background:
The history of the Supplemental Fayetteville Comprehensive Pedestrian Plan Study can be summarized as follows:
- November 2022 - Council directed staff to identify and report back schools that do not have sidewalks.
- March 2023 - Staff presented sidewalk projects for approval to construct with General Obligation (GO) Bond Funding; Staff were directed to research and report back on installing sidewalks around schools.
- September 2023 - Sidewalk projects ...
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