Eureka Broadway Multimodal Corridor Plan (2021)
HCAOG, the City of Eureka, and Caltrans District 1 worked in a partnership to develop a Broadway Multimodal Corridor Plan to accommodate all modes of transportation and in doing so improve safety, non-motorized transportation, transit, congestion, long-term sustainability and economic vitality along the Broadway Highway 101 Corridor. As the route for US Highway 101 through the City, Broadway is a critically important and visible route for both local and interregional traffic. It currently suffers from alarmingly high collision rates and incidences of pedestrian injury or fatality, congestion, and blight associated with poorly planned development and poorly maintained properties.
The objective of the Broadway Multimodal Corridor Plan was to develop a preferred concept with comprehensive multimodal improvement that address the corridor’s long-standing issues.
Ultimately, this Preferred Concept proposes new parallel and connecting transportation facilities that have the potential to enhance corridor safety, enhance multimodal connectivity, reduce corridor congestion, improve corridor reliability, plan for sea level rise, and expand access to coastal visitor destinations, essential local services, and regional commerce. In addition, the Preferred Concept with associated multimodal improvements highlights the priorities for the Broadway Corridor while positioning the corridor for funding opportunities. The Preferred Concept would create two one-way couplets to split northbound and southbound travel along two segments of the Broadway Corridor. Northbound travel would be accommodated along the existing alignment, and southbound travel would shift to an improved one-way Koster Street and a new one-way facility north of Vigo Street to Bayshore Mall. South Broadway would be improved with bike lanes and pedestrian safety improvements within the existing right of way.
The Preferred Concept will serve to guide future Broadway Corridor programming decisions. Additional collaboration, studies, and work are being done by the City of Eureka, Caltrans, and HCAOG to pursue improvements consistent with the Broadway Multimodal Corridor Plan.
Caltrans has already been approved to implement the complete-street improvements on South Broadway, including bike lanes, curb ramps, sidewalk, transit stops, pedestrian refuge islands, and flashing beacons. This project is now in design.
