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Park Street Complete Streets Improvements

Illustration showing road cross sections of three alternatives

Project Area

Park Street, from Railroad Street (the Crescent Connector) to River Street.

Project Phase

Initial scoping and public engagement. Staff are gathering community input and refining conceptual design alternatives for potential striping changes, including provisions for bicycle lanes and related roadway modifications.

Project Overview

The City of Essex Junction is exploring options to enhance safety and connectivity for people bicycling along Park Street, a critical gap in the City’s bicycle network. This section of Park Street currently lacks dedicated bicycle facilities, and residents and stakeholders have identified this segment as a priority for improved multimodal access.

Two design alternatives are currently proposed, both of which are achieved through roadway striping changes within the existing pavement width:

  • Alternative 0: Existing Conditions: No changes to on-street parking or roadway striping. Serves as a baseline for comparison.
  • Alternative 1: Remove all on-street parking in the project area to add north- and southbound bicycle lanes with wide safety buffers
  • Alternative 2: Remove on-street parking on the east side only to add bicycle lanes with modest safety buffers where possible

Both design proposals focus on:

  • Adding bicycle lanes to fill a network gap
  • Calming vehicle traffic by narrowing travel lanes
  • Maintaining safe conditions for drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists

Design details, including cross-sections and top-down plan views of each proposed alternative, are available in the link below:

Design Alternatives Slide Deck

How to Participate

To help guide this project, the City is seeking your feedback:

  • Public Survey: Share your thoughts via our online survey.  This survey will be open until April 6 at 4:30pm
    Link to Survey
  • Public Meeting: Attend the Bike/Walk Advisory Committee meeting on Monday, April 13 at 7 PM at 2 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, or join remotely via Zoom here.

Feedback from these efforts will inform design decisions and help the City Council determine priorities for future funding and implementation.

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