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Market Boulevard Reconstruction Project
Overview
Market Boulevard is one of the main entry points into downtown Chanhassen. The latest data indicates the street experiences 13,000 vehicles per day (VPD). It’s classified as a Major Collector and is on the city’s Municipal State Aid (MSA) System. The street, sidewalk, and trails are due for pavement replacement, but other access and mobility improvements are also needed. The design kicked off in the spring of 2023, and construction is planned for 2025. The project is anticipated to cost approximately $9 million and will be funded by various sources, including MSA, Property Assessments, TIF, and City Pavement Management and Utility Enterprise funds.
The city has recently redefined its vision for downtown, with one of the core tenets being a focus on pedestrian safety. The Market Boulevard project will be adding multiple enhanced pedestrian crossings (RRFB Ped Flashers), reducing vehicular travel lanes, adding medians, adding more space for bikes, and curb bump outs where feasible to aid in this vision. Reducing vehicle lanes may be counter intuitive when thinking about the volume of traffic this corridor sees on a daily basis, and as such the City’s consultant has prepared a robust traffic study taking into account adjacent development projects and future growth. We’ve also developed a TRAFFIC SIMULATION to show how the northern portion of the corridor is expected to operate with the multiple mini-roundabouts. For more information related to how roundabouts function and other pedestrian crossing safety strategies, refer to the Related Resources tab below.
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