Soquel Corridor Safety Project

Description

The City of Santa Cruz (City) has completed a draft Safety Action Plan that&nbsp;identifies&nbsp;transportation safety needs and potential projects within the&nbsp;City. The&nbsp;City&nbsp;is evaluating a potential application for Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Cycle 13 funding to implement safety and multimodal improvements along Soquel Avenue between River Street South and&nbsp;Seabright&nbsp;Avenue.&nbsp;The Consultant shall coordinate closely with City staff and use the City's draft Safety Action Plan, available traffic data, development-related traffic studies, and other available information to evaluate the proposed improvements.&nbsp;The City seeks a qualified transportation engineering consultant (Consultant) to evaluate the proposed project, develop planning-level design information sufficient to support cost estimating, and provide traffic analysis and documentation necessary to support the HSIP Cycle 13 grant application.&nbsp;The potential project&nbsp;aims to increase corridor safety by reducing speeds&nbsp;and providing greater separation and visibility of modal users&nbsp;within existing right of way.&nbsp;This project would include the following elements:&nbsp;Signalized&nbsp;Intersections:&nbsp;&nbsp;<li role="listitem" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot