OKC City Council Approves MAPS 3 Sidewalks Master Plan

Plans for new sidewalks in Oklahoma City are moving forward.

On Tuesday, the city Council approved a sidewalk master plan report that prioritizes where MAPS 3 sidewalks should be located based on criteria set by the project's citizen subcommittee.

Read the complete report here

The report examines sidewalk locations for more than 215 miles and identifies where new sidewalks should be constructed. Budget constraints are forcing the reduction of the number of sidewalk-miles planned from 70 to approximately 25 to 36 miles. Estimates are conservative and are based on a range of recent bids.

The project's $9.1 million budget includes site prep, architectural and engineering fees and a contingency, according to officials.

"Our original cost estimates used assumptions that didn't take into consideration the specific sidewalk locations since they were not determined at the time the estimates were made," MAPS 3 program manager David Todd said.

The estimate was also based on sidewalks that are four feet wide rather than the required five or in some areas, six-foot-wide sidewalks.

Sidewalks will be put in locations with the greatest need. That includes proximity to schools, bus routes, parks, libraries, hospitals, pedestrian-involved accidents and desired paths.

"Staying within our budget is critical as we move forward," Todd added. "We will build as many miles of sidewalk as we can, while staying within our budget."

The top ranked locations are below:

1. Western Avenue from Hefner Road to Britton Road

2. MacArthur Blvd from Wilshire Blvd to Britton Road

3. Western Avenue from SW 104th to SW 98th

4. May Avenue from SW 59th & SW 61st to SW 80th & SW 89th

5. May Avenue from NW 50th to NW 63rd

6. Penn Avenue from SW 96th to SW 104th

7. May Avenue from NW 36th to NW 50th

8. Penn Avenue from SW 59th to SW 74th

9. Penn Avenue from SW 77th to SW 84th

10. NW 63rd from Meridian Avenue to Ann Arbor Terrace

11. Classen from NW 34th to NW 35th to NW 38th to NW 49th

12. May Ave from Hefner Rd to Quail Creek Rd north of NW 122nd

13. May Avenue from SW 29th to SW 59th

14. SE 44th from Shields to Walker

15. May Avenue from NW 63rd to Wilshire Blvd

16. Penn Avenue from Memorial Road to N 122nd

17. Meridian Avenue from NW 63rd to NW 50th

18. Western Avenue from SW 74th to SW 80th

19. Western Avenue from South of SW 39th to SW 29th

20. NW 122nd from May Avenue to Penn Avenue

21. SW 44th from Blackwelder to Penn Avenue

22. Meridian Avenue from NW 36th to NW 23rd

23. NE 63rd from East Broadway to Martin Luther King

24. NW 50th from MacArthur Blvd to Meridian Avenue

25. Western Avenue from SW 59th to SW 44th

26. SW 44th from Penn Avenue to May Avenue

27. Martin Luther King from NE 23rd to NE 32nd

28. Penn Avenue from NW 122nd to Hefner Road

29. SW 89th from Western Avenue to Santa Fe Avenue

30. May Avenue from NW 10th to NW 19th

The first phase of construction on the sidewalks is expected to begin in spring 2013.