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Safe Routes to School | 11 Northview Safe Routes to School Valparaiso, Indiana DLZ provided professional consulting design services for a sidewalk project in the Northview area of the City of Valparaiso. The project included the design of sidewalk gaps to the pedestrian facilities that had challenging issues. Locations included a mixture of curb and gutter or shoulder. In many cases, gravel parking areas had been created at the edge of the roadway, prohibiting walking. The City coordinated directly with property owners to provide sidewalk in those areas. In other situations, the carriage walk slopes from the homes to the roadway, not within City right-of-way, did not align with the sidewalk. DLZ was able to design creative solutions that provided the necessary profile grades. Ponding water and limited right-of-way in many areas were also challenges where the DLZ team provided innovative solutions that kept the construction limits at a minimum. DLZ staff conducted additional field checks than is customary to be certain these solutions would be acceptable during construction. Tamarack Multi-use Trail North Liberty, Indiana DLZ was retained by the Town of North Liberty to provide design services for a multi-use trail along the abandoned railroad from Wabash Avenue to the north side of the VFW park. Work included the installation of ADA compliant infrastructure with the path being 10 feet wide and hard-surfaced HMA pavement. The approximate length of the trail was 4,600 feet and connected the North Liberty Community Center to the North Liberty Youth League Ballpark along the abandoned railroad corridor (formerly Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad), through approximately 2,200 feet of cleared woods. The trail was designed in accordance with the Indiana Department of Transportation Standard Specifications. Other elements of the project included performing topographic survey, environmental services, right of way engineering and acquisition services, geotechnical investigation, and construction phase office services. Safe Routes to School Project along Fox Road Lawrence, Indiana DLZ was retained by City of Lawrence to prepare the design plans for a Safe Routes to School Project along Fox Road in City of Lawrence, Marion County, Indiana. Project will construct sidewalk, boardwalks, curb ramps and crosswalks along south side of Fox Road from Pennycroft Drive to Amy Beverland Elementary School. The typical section for the concrete sidewalks will be 5 feet in width with 5 feet of buffer. In some restricted areas, the typical sidewalk will be 6 feet in width constructed at the back of new curb and gutter. In large the fill area and across Dry Branch Creek, six-foot- wide elevated boardwalks will be constructed with railings. The Total length of boardwalk will be approximately 1,100. All other locations will be concrete sidewalks. Utilizing the boardwalk construction will reduce impacts to wetland areas and reduce right-of-way. The typical section for the concrete sidewalks and boardwalks will be constructed with a designed cross slope of 1.5%. Proposed improvements include sidewalk construction, boardwalk construction, ramps and drive approach reconstruction conforming to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards.