What’s New

• Our Design Concepts Survey is now closed, thank you to those who participated! Stay tuned for more updates about a community workshop coming Summer 2024.

About the Project

The City of Newman has received a Caltrans Sustainable Communities Grant to address the people’s experience of travel corridors in Newman along Hardin Road, T Street, Yolo Street, Inyo Avenue, and Canal School Road north to Hills Ferry Road. These corridors provide critical connections to neighborhoods and schools, and the planning effort will focus on ways to improve people’s travel experience while using them. The resulting plan will include ideas and concepts to improve safety, experience, and connectivity between schools, parks, and shops around Newman.

To help the City develop the T Street Corridors Improvement and Multi-Benefit Community Connectivity Plan CivicWell, Toole Design and Opticos will connect with residents and community members to imagine what is possible.

Project Objectives

• Engage residents, especially those who do not typically participate in City decision making and planning processes;

• Identify obstacles that impact people’s mobility, access, safety, and comfort;

• Identify transportation and connectivity challenges for residents and visitors;

• Develop slow streets design concepts;

• Develop designs to improve conditions for walking and bicycling;

• Consider ways to include trees, stormwater planters, drought-tolerant landscaping, and permeable pavement; and

• Increase awareness and visibility of Downtown from Highway 33 with wayfinding signs.