Summary of West Pennway Complete Street

Kansas City, MO

Added by 2021 Update

Project Number:	44
Organization:	Kansas City, MO
Project Name:	West Pennway Complete Street
City(ies), County(ies), State:	Kansas City, Jackson County, Missourit
Routes, interchanges and/or intersections:	17th Street to 21st Street
Primary Project Mode:	Highway/roadway
Supplementary Project Mode(s):	* Active Transportation Green Infrastructure) Currently West Pennway is a wide, under-utilized arterial running through the Westside neighborhood. The project aims to reduce the amount of vehicular pavement and replace it with bicycle facilities, wider sidewalks, greenspace that doubles as green infrastructure, shorter pedestrian crossings, improved intersection geometries, and spaces for community gathering.
Project Purpose:	* System preservation, rehabilitation or replacement * System operations and management * Other (Bike-ped connections, green infrastructure)
Project Description:	West Pennway is an under utilized Major Connector linking Southwest Boulevard and the Crossroads with the West Bottoms. The wide roadway, flanked on both sides with a mix of single-family, multi-family, and institutional land uses, encourages speeding vehicles while discouraging bicycle and pedestrian users. The north end of the corridor is anchored by Jarboe Park and Primitivo Garcia Elementary school. Jarboe Park is a community park with a large playground and swimming pool. The park and Primitivo Garcia both serve the immediate neighborhood and draw users and students beyond immediate neighborhood boundaries. The roadway right-of-way is also a part of the Riverfront Heritage Trail. The trail crosses West Pennway in two locations: at Jarboe Street and just north of the Summit Street/21st Street intersection. The proposed Greenline Trail will also utilize the right-of-way of West Pennway. The southern end of the corridor has the Tony Aguirre Community Center and the Irene H. Ruiz Branch of the Kansas City Public Library system. The corridor culminates at the south end with a five-point intersection and transit stop. The intent of the project is to reduce the pavement width for vehicle users and eliminate oblique intersections; increase bicycle use and improve bicycle safety through the implementation of separated bicycle facilities; improve pedestrian safety and cross-street connections through shorter street crossings and wider sidewalks; reduce storm water runoff through implementation of green infrastructure in the right-of-way; and provide neighborhood activity zones for informal and formal gatherings.
Scope:	Travel modes to be served: Passenger vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, and transit riders. The project length is from 17th Street on the north to 21st Street on the south, 2,400 linear feet. The project will also improve both terminus intersections. Vehicular traffic will travel along a new cross section that is no more than three lanes wide. Bicycles will utilize separated bicycle facilities. Pedestrians will have wider sidewalks and shorter street crossings from the reduces pavement cross section and bumpouts where feasible. The project also proposed to eliminate the oblique intersection at Belleview and West Pennway. This will improve the safety for all West Pennway users. The abundance of right-of-way will allow for the implementation of green storm water infrastructure to reduce flooding down stream along Southwest Boulevard. The right-of-way will also create opportunities for developing community gathering spaces to help reinforce the identity of the Westside neighborhood.
Funding Source:	MO Local
Total Budget in 2019 Dollars:	$6,398,120
Decade:	Illustrative
Application Score:	91
Constrained / Illustrative:	Illustrative
Priority:	High
Adds Capacity:	No

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