Cleaver Boulevard is being revamped with a road that converts some automobile space into people space with new bike lanes, new sidewalks, landscaping, and other features to make it a more human-scale street.
The background. Planning for project began in 2010. Since Cleaver is a key route on the city's Bike KC plan, we became and involved and participated on the project's community advisory committee.
The plan includes several features
- Road Diet reducing the automobile space from six to four lanes
- Removal of all on-street parking
- Bike lanes
- New curbs and sidewalks
- Landscaping
- New streetlights
- Solar-powered bus shelters
Next steps. The first phases between Rockhill Road and the The Paseo are expected to begin construcion in 2013.