Workshop participants discuss Complete Streets in their communities
Key transportation and planning staff, elected officials, public health and safety officials, parks and recreation staff, and community advocates all attended a workshop as part of the assistance. The workshop focused heavily on visioning and brainstorming around Complete Streets but also included a design exercise where each community considered what Complete Streets would look like within their boundaries.
Since the workshop
ECWRPC has moved forward with its planned implementation of Complete Streets in the region. After a series of subsequent meeting and public comments, their regional policy was officially adopted in April 2018.
The next step in ECWRPC’s plan is the adoption of Complete Streets policies by the two MPOs it administers—Appleton and Oshkosh. While the agency hoped to have the MPOs’ policies approved by now, changes in state law regarding how land can be acquired for bicycle and pedestrian projects —and how federal funds that the MPOs distribute can be used—has resulted in delays. ECWRPC still hopes to have the policies approved this fall and is currently seeking comments.
ECWRPC has also been working with the City of Oshkosh this year, examining how best to develop and implement a Complete Streets policy at the city level. Oshkosh’s policy and the process they take will serve as a model for other local jurisdictions to create their own policies.
As it planned from the start of this partnership with SGA, ECWRPC’s Complete Streets policy is being used as a framework for other regional and local policies. ECWRPC has also cited Ten Elements of a Complete Streets Policy from the National Complete Streets Coalition as a helpful resource for creating ideal local policies. Work around Complete Streets in local communities will be a big part of ECWRPC’s work in 2019.
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