Governors Drive study, including Medical District, seeks to enhance transportation safety
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Improving safety and accessibility in the city’s medical corridor and one of its busiest roadways is the focus of a new contract between the City of Huntsville and Alta Planning + Design for the Governors Drive Corridor Study & Medical District Safety Action Plan.
The project is part of the federal “Safe Streets for All” (SS4A) Planning grant. The City has been awarded similar grants for the Pedestrian Access & Redevelopment Corridor (PARC) project as well as for multimodal improvements on Holmes Avenue.
The SS4A grant is for $640,000 with the City providing $160,000 in matching funds.
The study area is an 8.85-mile stretch along Governors Drive from 14th Street on the west end to Caldwell Lane in the Big Cove area with an emphasis on a one-square-mile area in the Medical District that includes the Huntsville Hospital campus.
The project goals are to improve safety and accessibility of the city’s medical corridor and prevention of fatal and serious injuries in automobile crashes as part of the City’s Vision Zero initiative. Keeping traffic moving effectively and safely for all modes of transportation is another objective.
The study will begin later in the spring.