The Franklin Street Corridor/Gateway application was awarded to JRA on behalf of the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies for the year 2017. This application was for a $25,000 grant. The project will develop a strategy for strategic investment of multiple funding sources, streetscapes and property reuse.
JRA requested assistance to begin this process by starting on the Franklin Street Corridor, beginning at the Washington Street intersection in the Central Business District, extending through Kernville, 8th Ward and Roxbury neighborhoods, ending at the city line with Ferndale Borough. This is a rather diverse corridor, characterized as follows:
- Franklin Street has an average daily traffic volume of approximately 12,000 vehicles in the segment in the CBD and Kernville neighborhoods, and 6,300 vehicles in the 8th Ward/Roxbury area;
- Three of the fourteen Urban routes travel segments of this corridor :
- A considerable portion of the Duke Lifepoint Health System is located along this corridor; and
- Roxbury Park and The Bandshell, critical venues of the region’s outdoor recreational resources, are accessed via this corridor.
