The Capitol Area Development Authority (CADA) has
been awarded $795,000 in funding from the Strategic Growth Council Urban
Greening Grant Program (Prop 84) for the 16th Street Greenscape Project. CADA was one of the few agencies to receive
funding over $75,000 and was one of 50 projects selected out of 260 applicant
proposals.
The purpose of the 16th Street Greenscape Project is
to:
•Reduce storm
water runoff from 16th Street and its sidewalks and reduce water pollution
flowing to the Sacramento River
•Significantly
increase the amount of permeable landscaped space in the public right-of-way
•Reduce air
pollution and increase shade
•Educate the
public about the environmental benefits of sustainable streetscape design
•Support and
catalyze urban infill development
•Improve
pedestrian safety and walkability
•Enhance the
physical unity of the 16th Street project area
CADA’s Prop 84 funding award will help to complete
the project designs, construct seven intersection bulb-outs, install 16 storm
water retention units, and plant 28 street trees.
CADA’s infill project developers are also
participating in the construction of 4 intersection bulb-outs, curbs, gutters
and sidewalks in conjunction with the publically-funded storm water retention
units.
Maintenance will be carried out by the Midtown
Property and Business Improvement District PBID, CADA’s project
developers/owners, and the Friends of Fremont Park. In addition to these partners, other key
partners include the City of Sacramento Departments of Utilities and
Transportation, the University of California, Davis Arboretum and landscape
design students, 16th Street property and business owners, CADA tenants, and
neighborhood residents. Public access to
all parts of the project will be unlimited and construction is expected to
start in Spring 2013.
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