The next three weeks are important to the RTA Broadway Project. On March 15th, the city released the 30% design plan and a 30 day comment period has opened. It is important that we take this opportunity to clearly support our position on the project: Broadway is a critical arterial roadway for our community and must be built to support such a function.
As you recall, the RTA Board voted in December of 2014 to reduce the Broadway plan to a six-lane arterial plan with the use of bus pullouts to the “maximum” extent possible. The Citizen’s Task Force, established by the City of Tucson to provide input, recommended a “Starting Small Approach” focused on saving the maximum number of buildings. Unfortunately, this process was hijacked by a small, but very vocal and engaged minority group who wants to keep Broadway as it is.
The Mayor and Council adopted the CTF’s recommendation as the baseline for the design. At that point, the city began working towards final design of the future Broadway Boulevard.
The 30% design plan is much better than the CTF plan and includes numerous important changes. The lane widths have also been increased. We need our voices heard!
Broadway is a critical thoroughfare for our community and must provide increased capacity to support a vibrant and growing economy in Tucson.
Many members of the CTF, as well as the Broadway Coalition are protesting these improvements. Comments and input to the design can be made by the public until April 15th, however, those submitted by April 1st will be presented to Mayor & Council during their April 5th study session. We need our voices heard! Broadway is a critical thoroughfare for our community and must provide increased capacity to support a vibrant and growing economy in Tucson. The voters of our community already showed their support for Broadway to be a large arterial. It's size must be preserved to allow it to function as an arterial in addition to being large enough to potentially extend the Streetcar route.
Call to Action: Everyone is encouraged to participate in the review and provide support and input to the Mayor and Council. Documents can be viewed HERE.
ACTION: Please state your support and comment HERE and sign the petition to pass the 30% plan Here.
We need our voices heard!