Engineering Engineering strategies including planning and implementing physical improvements that make it safer and more attractive to walk and bicycle to school. Engaging planners and engineers is crucial to successfully implementing safety improvements. It’s also important to reach out to the community to educate neighbors about the benefits and importance of any proposed improvements. Objective 1: There are several policies that support Safe Routes to School work. It is recommended that Perham pass these as support allows Complete Streets Ordinance (short-term) o Advocate for adding sidewalks and other multimodal uses to be added as streets are redone Update the pavement management plan to include sidewalks (short-term) Implement neighborhood bus pick-up/drop locations as opposed to each house (shortterm) Add Sidewalks to the 5 Year CIP Plan (short-term) Identify critical routes to school and protect sidewalks along those routes (short-term) Examine busing policies to make sure they are in line with goals identified within this plan (short-term) Consider implementing policy that future development require sidewalk installation as part of the cost of the project
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Objective 2: As funding becomes available it is recommended to add new Infrastructure improvements Complete the elements identified in the 2013 Safe Routes to School proposed infrastructure grant (see attachments) (long-term) Pedestrian enhancements at the t-intersection of 7th St. SW and 6th Ave SW (short-term) Add additional pedestrian enhancements on 3rd Avenue SE (long-term) Pedestrian enhancements from and within the Westwind and Prairie Acres neighborhoods (short-term) Enhance pedestrian crossings at all railroad crossings (long/short term) o Pedestrian underpass or overpass at railroad crossing Connect Clearwater development near school to the school through use of sidewalks and trails (long/short term) Utilize the PartnerSHIP 4 Health bike rack program to add additional bike racks (shortterm) Updated map system of the bike trails (short-term) o Create a large public display of the map o Smaller maps at the Chamber Make pedestrians a priority at Downtown/Main Street crossings (long/short term) o Use bump outs on corners o Other pedestrian enhancements along Main Street
