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<p>The North Monroe Street project will rebuild Monroe Street from Indiana Avenue to Kiernan Avenue. The project's goals are to:</p>

<ul>
  <li>Enhance pedestrian and vehicular safety.</li>
  <li>Improve aesthetics of the corridor by enhancing streetscape elements.</li>
  <li>Reconstruct the roadway surface for improved drivability.</li>
  <li>Provide High Performance Transit bus stops.</li>
  <li>Upgrade existing utilities as needed within the limits of the project.</li>
</ul>
<p>In order to meet these goals, the project will:</p>
<ul>
  <li>Widen sidewalks, traffic lanes and parking strips.</li>
  <li>Update and improve lighting for the street and sidewalk.</li>
  <li>Create sidewalk bump outs at intersections to reduce crosswalk distances.</li>
  <li>Construct new High Performance Transit (HPT) bus stops and establish enhanced crosswalks at Montgomery, Grace and Dalton Avenues, incorporating pedestrian activated flashing beacons.</li>
  <li>Replace the water main from Indiana to Montgomery Avenue and sections of water main at most cross streets.</li>
  <li>Re-size the roadway from five lanes to three in most areas (beginning at Shannon Avenue on the south end of the project) to accommodate wider sidewalks, lanes and parking}.</li>
  <li>Retain two lanes of travel up hill (beginning at the bottom near Alice Avenue heading north).</li>
  <li>Place a new sidewalk on the east side of Monroe Street hill.</li>
  <li>Install bicycle racks and benches (where requested by property or business owners).</li>
  <li>Add street trees in the proximity of Shannon Avenue to Cora Avenue (where wider sidewalks allow).</li>
</ul>
<p>The bus stops will include amenities to support STA's HPT system. Amenities will include taller curbs and infrastructure for off-bus ticket vending machines. These amenities will eliminate the need for buses to kneel for riders with mobility challenges and support streamlined patron loading.</p>
<p>The project does <u><b>not</b></u> include any curb, island, barrier or trees in the middle of the street and does <u><b>not</b></u> include angled parking.</p>