FAQs

Reimaging the use and travel structure of 4th and 5th Street allows businesses, residents, and travelers to envision these corridors differently. 

This project is designed to reduce speeds and increase the safety of motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians.

Vehicle traffic will be narrowed to one way, one lane on each street (4th and 5th). A bike lane protected by parallel parking will be constructed on the right-hand side and diagonal parking will remain on the left-hand side of the roadway.

The first phase of this project includes minor concrete curb work, chipseal, and restriping prior to the launch of the pilot.

The pilot is an opportunity for community members to "test drive" the new pilot design for 4th and 5th Streets. Community members can experience a new one-way single-lane option with allotted parking and dedicated bike lanes for encouragement to slow speeds entering the downtown area creating safety for all. 

Previously, these corridors were one-way two-lane options with allotted parking and no dedicated bike lanes. Focusing on safety for cyclists, pedestrians, and drivers is an objective of this pilot project. 

The pilot project allows community members to provide their feedback regarding the changes and their preferences for both two-lane and one-lane options. 

Construction will be phased to maintain traffic flow with intermittent closures and detours, as needed, during the concrete and asphalt construction phase of the project.

Throughout restriping, sidewalk access to all businesses and residents shall remain open. Parking and through traffic will be restricted during the day while restriping occurs on each block. Expect detours around the closed blocks of 4th and 5th Streets.  Side street traffic will remain open in each direction.

Yes, this is a dynamic process and input from the community can impact changes to the streets as we review the effectiveness of the pilot to increase safety and speeds through these downtown corridors.

The traffic forecasts and analysis for both of these corridors indicate that a single lane for through traffic can accommodate growth through at least 2045, with room for future additional capacity beyond then.

The budget for this project was $1.2 million.  Approximately $1 million was spent on roadway reconstruction, asphalt maintenance, and concrete work that was necessary no matter what the outcome of the pilot project is.  The cost of materials and equipment to restripe and reconfigure both 4^th and 5^th Streets between Ute Ave. and North Ave. is approximately $100,000. The City was also the recipient of a Revitalizing Main Streets Grant that accounts for $150,000 of this total cost.

The pilot project has added seven parking spaces around 4th Street (downtown area). 

All parking meters in the downtown area along 4th Street had to be removed during this pilot phase. Previously, most spaces on 4th Street between Rood Avenue and Colorado Avenue were designated as four-hour parking. However, concerns were raised by other business owners about all-day parking when enforcement was not heavily monitored. 

Signs on 4th Street from just north of Rood Avenue to Colorado Avenue were installed to indicate two hours of free parking which is enforced by the Municipal Park Rangers. 

Please note that the two-hour free parking is temporary; parking meters will be reinstalled on 4th Street at a later, yet to be determined, date as this is still a pilot program.  

Parking spaces on the south side of Colorado Avenue between 4th Street and 5th Street remain two-hour free parking which will be enforced.