Fairport, NY

Timeline / Next Steps:

• September 27th, 2022 - Proposed plans were first presented to the Village Board at thework session meeting.
• October 2022 - Ongoing Conversations with local merchants and business owners conducted and are ongoing
• November 16, 2022 (Invitation) Design workshop with an opportunity for the community to share feedback.
• December 12, 2022 - Feedback incorporated into presentation shared with the Village Board on at the Village Board Meeting. Meeting information posted on Active Transportation Web page.
• January 23, 2023 - Village Board Work Session Meeting. Final plan review of proposed plans 
• TBD - The Board will make need to approve a plan via a resolution in order for the plan to be submitted into the bidding process.
• TBD - Bidding process will open followed by bid submission and review.  
• Bid awarded (TBD)
• Funding determined early 2023.
• Create a communication plan to keep businesses and residents informed of progress.
• This paving project is planned to begin spring 2023.

Public Design Workshop and Review of Initial Proposed Plans
November 16, 2022

• The Village needs to perform full paving and infrastructure work in 2023 on Liftbridge Lane East.
• (See the map above) Liftbridge Lane East and West are the designated paths for cyclists to travel when on the canal trail. 
• There are designated bike lines on Liftbridge Lane West, but no designated lanes on Liftbridge Lane East.
• The current conditions are unsafe for bikers and traffic and less safe for pedestrians when bikes move to sidewalks to avoid mixing with automobile traffic.
• Village Comprehensive Plan from 2010 and 2020/21 call for improved access to active transportation in the Village and business district. (2010 - Comp Plan Objectives: 6.6, 6.7, 6.8  - 2020/21 - Comp Plan Objective 7.3, 7.4) and completion of Main Streetscape which will tie Liftbridge Lane East and West together.

Initial Proposed Plan
September 27, 2022

• Village staff is working together with BME Associates to identify and determine the best course of action to incorporate active transportation and traffic flow on Liftbridge Lane East. They will be looking at updates and a reconfiguration of Water Street for traffic flow, deliveries and parking. Due to the anticipated changes for this street, most on-street parking will be eliminated west of the FMC parking lot. These proposed plans were shared with the Village Board at the Village Board Work session September 27th, 2022.
• Concrete bump outs and on-street parking are removed. The street has a straightened trajectory. 
  
  
• These proposed plans are in line with complete streets community plans. There is a safe place for pedestrians, bikes and autos. 
• A bi-directional bike lane is separated from pedestrians on the north side of the road. Bike lanes are  separated from the automobile traffic lanes with a curbed 5' wide median incorporating granite curbs, plantings, street trees, and decorative, functional street lights. The median may include some sort of hard surface that during summer months can hold pots with plantings similar to those on Liftbridge Lane West.
• Automobile traffic lanes are located on the south side of the street and the lanes are slightly wider that the current lanes, allowing for deliveries and larger trucks that need access to deliver to Fairport Electric located at the end of Liftbridge Lane East on the north side of the street.
• Appropriate crosswalks and signs will be located on the street near the median cut outs providing pedestrians to be more clearly seen by auto traffic.