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DEC. 24, 1997
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The middle portion of Northeast
Martin Luther King Jr.
Boulevard, from Northeast Fremont
to Shaver streets, has been targeted for
an $800,000 redesign next year.
The work will be the first phase of
the state-funded Martin Luther King
Boulevard Transportation Project.
Plans call for removing the existing
center median and replacing it with
one four feet wide, narrowing the travel
lanes to 10 feet and adding a seven foot
wide parking lane on each side. The
width of the existing median and travel
lanes, and the normal width of parking
lanes, are eight, twelve and eight feet
respectively. There will also be new
street lights and trees, and perhaps a
new traffic signal at Northeast Mason
Street, according to project manager
Andre Baugh.
The project’s advisory committee
last week chose the Fremont-Shaver
segment as the focus for the project’s
first phase based on two criteria: that it
have the greatest need for assistance to
attract development activity, and the
greatest likelihood that improvements
will lead to new development. The
committee chose this segment over
two other areas: between Northeast
Russell and Stanton streets to the south,
and Portland Boulevard and Dekum
Street to the north. The first area was
deemed to be progressing well al­
ready. Community leaders to the north
felt the Portland-Dekum segment could
better respond to a street redesign in
another year or two.
Committee members had little doubt
that Fremont-Shaver area has the great­
est need for assistance, but some
doubted whether it is likely to turn
around dramatically soon even if it
gets it. The area has a few small busi­
nesses, including the new Horn of
Africa restaurant, but also large vacant
areas and considerable criminal activ­
ity in adjacent neighborhoods. One
committee inembercoinmented, "This
area has the greatest risk, but also the
greatest chance for a dramatic im­
provement.”
Baugh later told the Observer, “A
lot of people have said that they're
interested in doing business on MLK,
‘but...’ If this succeeds as we hope it
will, we can eliminate the but.’
The committee voted to target the
area to the north during
the second phase of the project, and
the area to the south during the third
phase.
There may be some funds for aes­
thetic improvements such as new trees
and light standards - but not street
redesign - in the Russell-Stanton area
this year, Baugh says.
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