Walnut Street Reconstruction

This project won the 2009 APWA Project of the Year Award for both the Genesee Valley Chapter and New York State Chapter.

FRA, a T.Y. Lin International Company was retained to complete the Walnut Street Reconstruction Project for the City of Batavia. Specifically, FRA was responsible for the following work on this pass-through project: the analysis of traffic volumes/speeds and pedestrian movements; designing a 14-foot lane width that includes a “shared use” lane with a varying lawn area and sidewalk; single-track grade crossing design that included adequate guards and signals for both pedestrian and vehicle safety, along with highway profile changes required to flatten the approaches; the design of traffic calming measures when approaching the City of Batavia from the south; altered roadway profile to improve drainage; maintenance of the storm drainage system outlet into Tonawanda Creek above the 25-year storm event elevation; Tonawanda Creek hydraulic investigation and bank erosion remediation; installation of new sidewalks and driveway aprons; the design of gateway features; and public involvement coordination.