Help Us Identify Measure D Projects

Meeting

Tuesday
February 21, 2017
5:00- 6:30 p.m.
Civic Center Community Room, 4th Floor
275 Main Street

If you cannot attend the meeting, you can take the survey online.

• Online survey (English)
• Online survey (Spanish)

In November 2016, voters approved the county-wide ½ cent sales tax. Watsonville’s portion of this funding for road maintenance and street improvements will be approximately $750,000 annually for the next 30 years. This funding will be managed and spent in Watsonville and cannot be taken away by the State for other projects. The City of Watsonville must now prepare a plan to utilize this funding and we would like your input.

TYPES OF PROJECTS that can utilize Measure D funding include:

• Repair potholes and maintain local streets
• Continue to create safer routes to schools for students and families
• Invest in bicycle and pedestrian pathways and trails
• Ease congestion on roadways and invest in projects to reduce pollution

PROJECTS ALREADY PROGRAMMED
Please note there are projects the City is already working on: these have secured funding and will be built within the next two years and include:

1. Airport Boulevard Reconstruction - Westgate Drive & Larkin Valley Road to Holm Road: Project includes repairing the roadway and bike lanes and installing pedestrian improvements between Nelson St. and Hanger Way and at Holm Rd.
   
   
2. Airport Boulevard Improvements - Freedom Blvd. to the City Limits: Project will improve the roadway and bike lanes, relocate the existing bus stop and improve pedestrian safety and access.
3. Green Valley Road Improvements - Struve Slough to Freedom Blvd: Repair the roadway and bike lanes and install pedestrian improvements.
   
4. Green Valley Rd. Adaptive Traffic Control System: Reduction of traffic congestion and delays.
   
5. Rail Trail: Install a 12 foot wide path along the railroad tracks between Lee Rd. and Walker Street.

City staff will gather information provided by the public and present a list of projects to the City Council in March 2017 for their approval.