The City of Richmond is accepting bids for the construction of the Franklin Street
Streetscape project to provide general contracting services that include, but are not limited to installation of cobblestone streets, brick sidewalks, brick crosswalks, underground utilities, decorative street lights, and curb ramps..
The new
streetscape features wider sidewalks, landscaping, cafe seating at Martin Memorial Plaza, new street lighting and improved parking.
Drew Walker of D&S Cabs is the owner of Dunblane's only purposebuilt taxi with disabled access and has called the
streetscape changes "crazy".
We believe the proposals will be a positive enhancement to the existing
streetscapeContrary to the existing studies and literature on urban design, their study distinguishes itself by relating pedestrian volumes to both conceptual urban design qualities and specific
streetscape features, while controlling for environmental characteristics.
The China Street Ghaut was identified as a main pedestrian spine under George Town's special area plan and the project was aimed at upgrading the infrastructure, enhance the
streetscape, reduce traffic speed, promote walkability and cycling as well as improve connectivity and activity in the east seafront of the precinct.
Moosey said most of the
streetscape work will be paid for by the state as part of a mitigation deal the city reached with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
The
streetscape improvement started as a project of the Mayor's Office of Comprehensive Neighborhood Economic Development.
In the "Recognized" category, LSI Industries, Lumiere, Landscape Forms and GE Lighting earned praise for their
streetscape and walk-way lighting.
EPA's contribution to the $1.6 million Newcomb
Streetscape is provided under the San Francisco Bay water quality competitive grant program, currently supporting 31 projects, involving 37 partners and leveraging nearly $20 million.
The
Streetscape Fee-Based Tools were beta tested by a number of BDs beginning in July 2010, and Richard Hart, National Financial's senior vice president for platform solutions, said that there were now 50 broker-dealers and 325 end-users using the new tools on a production basis, with 10,000 trades processed through the platform since July.
The fire began on a
streetscape featuring New York brownstone facades at the 400-acre site.
