All are welcome. Together let’s explore ways to encourage development and redevelopment, spur economic activity, and improve access, safety, and mobility for everyone
ALBANY, NY November 6, 2024 – The Capital Region Transportation Council (the Transportation Council), along with the Town of Colonie, is hosting a public meeting on November 13, 2024, to publicly launch the Central Avenue West Corridor Study, which focuses on examining future land use and transportation concepts for a three-mile segment of Central Avenue in the Town of Colonie.
Central Avenue (NY State Route 5) is a five-lane roadway that serves as a historically important connection between Schenectady and Albany and provides local access to commercial areas and residential neighborhoods in the Town of Colonie. As transportation patterns and habits have changed over time, today the western portion of Central Avenue (from New Karner Road to the Colonie-Niskayuna boundary) is characterized by low-density land uses, roadside parking lots, and a high density of driveways and side streets.
This Public Meeting will be structured as an in-person open house and community members are welcome to stop by anytime between 4:00 PM and 7:00 PM, on Wednesday November 13, 2024 at the Midway Fire Department Hall located at 1956 Central Avenue, Albany, NY. There will not be a formal presentation given.
Central Avenue West carries approximately 23,316 vehicles per day. It is a straight road segment with few traffic signals, leading to concerns about speeding, as well as the safety of pedestrians and cyclists. The Town of Colonie wishes to examine land use and transportation concepts for this corridor that may facilitate opportunities for nodal development and redevelopment, spur economic activity, improve access management, and improve safety and mobility for all roadway users, including drivers, pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders.
The Central Avenue West Corridor Study will examine the existing transportation and land use conditions in this corridor with the purpose of identifying opportunities for development, redevelopment, and improvements to multimodal safety and mobility. The project team will be looking for opportunities to provide additional safe pedestrian crossings and other Complete Streets treatments will be identified. Conceptual land use and transportation scenarios will be developed and shared with the public and with a Study Advisory Committee for feedback. The project will conclude with the development of a preferred corridor concept and related implementation plan.
Central Avenue in the Town of Colonie is owned and maintained by NYSDOT who will be involved in coordination efforts. Central Avenue also carries the Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) Red Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route; the study will include coordination with CDTA.
The Study team welcomes all at this public meeting and understands that accessible meetings benefit people with and without disabilities. If you require any assistive technologies, language translation, American Sign Language interpretation, and/or adaptive strategies to attend and engage at this public meeting, please contact Liz Podowski King with Highland Planning at 585-649-1210 or liz@highland-planning.com at least three (3) business days in advance of the meeting you plan to attend.
Information about the study will be hosted on the project website with an accompanying public input survey. For other opportunities for online input, including a comment form to provide feedback, and an interactive map, please also visit: www.coloniecentralavestudy.org.
For more information about transportation planning activities at the Capital Region Transportation Council, visit the Transportation Council website at www.capitalmpo.org. If you have questions or comments, email the Transportation Council at info@capitalmpo.org. Follow and like the Transportation Council on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
About the Transportation Council
The Capital Region Transportation Council is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the geographic area of Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and Schenectady Counties (except the Town of Moreau and Village of South Glens Falls). The Transportation Council facilitates a transportation planning process as required by federal law and supported with federal funding.
The Transportation Council is committed to ensuring that no person is excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of, its metropolitan transportation planning process on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, economic status, or sexual orientation.
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