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Edmond Life and Leisure - June 19, 2025
City seeks public input on traffic
Spotlight: City of Edmond set to conduct study of 2nd & Broadway corridors and seeking input at public meeting set for June 24
From City Source Edmond
Want to help brainstorm enhancements for one of the City of Edmond’s busiest transportation corridors?
The City is seeking public feedback as part of a study to understand the current traffic and infrastructure conditions in the 2nd & Broadway corridors and identify potential land use opportunities and enhancements.
The project will specifically study Highway US77 from where it enters Edmond on the east (southbound service road of I-35) to where it exits the city on the south (approximately at Comfort Drive).
Goals of the project
According to Edmond officials, the goal of the 2nd & Broadway Corridors Project is to show how redesigned cross-sections and intersections can be implemented to safely transition from interstate highway to downtown while improving the operational, safety, and access needs of multiple modes of transportation.
“This study will create a detailed roadmap for the future development and improvement of the area and its surrounding environment,” said Mark A. Nash, Edmond Mayor. “The plan will outline a vision for the future of this vital corridor, focusing on land use, transportation, infrastructure, and other aspects to guide decisions and investments.”
What exactly will the study look at?
As part of the 2nd & Broadway Corridors Study, the City and its consultants will conduct an operational analysis of the corridor to generate a vision for the corridor with recommended enhancements.
This work will first involve gathering baseline data, making site visits, reviewing previous studies and research, analysis of existing traffic conditions, and looking at crash data to develop an understanding of mobility and land use issues within the corridor. A database of existing conditions will also be developed.
The City and its consultants have already started conducting an operational analysis of the corridors, including traffic modeling. This information will be used as a foundation for the study’s work to generate a vision for the corridor with recommended enhancements.
Specific data about transportation and land use conditions along the study corridor will include:
• Aerial photography
• Existing and future land use
• Existing zoning maps
• Currently known and future development plans
• Projects in development affecting the corridor
• Existing right-of-way plans and data
• Available utility plans (water, sanitary sewer, and storm drain)
• Existing traffic data
• Traffic projections
• Available crash data
• City thoroughfare and bicycle plans (EdmondShift Long-Range Mobility Plan)
• Edmond Plan, 2018 (Comprehensive Plan)
• Transit System Plan(s)
• ADA Transition Plan
• Existing timing plans at signalized intersections
Other existing conditions to be reviewed may include demographic trends, US Census information, regional context, transportation plans, culture, history, economic growth trends, municipal boundaries and regulatory controls, and general planning context adjacent to the corridor.
Once organized, this data will form the knowledge base from which the plan will be developed.
• Assessments will focus attention on opportunities to enhance the pedestrian realm, traffic controls, corridor character zone identity, redevelopment potential, and multimodal transportation options.
• A series of existing conditions and assessment maps, and ultimately a site opportunities and constraints map, will serve as a basis for identifying the physical framework for potential corridor improvements.
Various local and state leaders and related stakeholder organizations will kick the process off with a two-day workshop session in late June.
Public feedback to play a big part in the study as well
In addition, the City will solicit feedback from Edmond-area residents, businesses, nonprofits, and
other interested individuals to guide potential future enhancements to the corridor.
The first of three community meetings is scheduled from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 24 at the Edmond History Museum. Members of the public can learn more about the 2nd & Broadway Corridors Study, ask questions, and provide feedback at this event.
• The second of three community meetings will be in October 2025 (location TBD).
• The third of three community meetings will be in January 2026 (location TBD).
The City plans numerous other methods to engage residents and seek their input about possible enhancements to the corridors, including an online interactive survey to solicit broad community input on the corridor vision, challenges, and potential design concepts. The survey link will be promoted to the public and the survey will also be available on the City website, www.EdmondOK.gov.
Residents also can sign up to receive news and regular updates from the City about the 2nd & Broadway Corridors Study, related events and longrange planning at: https://www.edmondok.gov/list.aspx?ListID=267
“It is important that everyone who has a stake in the 2nd & Broadway Corridors’ future participates in this process in order to achieve a clear vision that can be shared and supported by all,” said Nash. “Residents, business owners and employees, civic leaders, nonprofit groups, and other interested individuals are encouraged to help imagine and then create this area’s desired future.”
When will the study be completed?
The City’s engineering consultants will present their final Corridor Study Report to City leadership in early 2026. Learn more about what’s happening around the City at www.edmondok.gov/CitySource.
