Pedestrian Push Button Upgrades Proposed for Blind or Visually-Impaired Individuals

The Public Works staff invites you to a Commission on Disability Issues meeting to discuss the proposed installation of pedestrian push button upgrades at nine intersections to make it easier and safer for blind or visually-impaired individuals to cross the street.

 

When: Monday, October 29, 2012 at 6:30 p.m.

Where: Community on Disability Issues Meeting, City H Hall Council Chambers (2263 Santa Clara Avenue)

What:  The nine proposed intersections are as follows:

  • High Street/Otis Drive
  • Lincoln Avenue/Willow Street
  • Broadway/Encinal Avenue
  • Broadway/Otis Drive
  • Grand Street/Otis Drive
  • High Street/Santa Clara Avenue
  • Oak Street/Central Avenue
  • Island Drive/Robert Davey Jr.
  • Robert Davey Jr./Packet Landing Road

If you are unable to attend, please submit written comments by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 5, 2012 to Gail Payne, Transportation Coordinator, at City Hall West, 950 West Mall Square, Room 110, Alameda, CA 94501 or by email at gpayne@alamedaca.gov. All written comments will be part of the official public record. The Transportation Commission (TC) is tentatively scheduled to review the proposed project on November 28, 2012 at 7 p.m. (City Council Chambers, 2263 Santa Clara Avenue). If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Gail Payne by phone at (510) 747-7948.