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The Plan
FUTURE TRANSPORTATION 5. Construct a boardwalk and shared-use
path along Museum Parkway between
MAP RECOMMENDATIONS Museum Drive and Riverside Drive.
6. Extend sidewalks and bicycle lanes or
1. Construct a shared use path along shared-use paths along the full length
the Government Ditch to connect of Harpersville Road from Warwick
neighborhoods to commercial corridors Boulevard to Jefferson Avenue.
and community amenities such as
Huntington Park and the waterfront. 7. Complete signalization and ADA-
compliant pedestrian crossing
2. C
onduct a corridor study for Warwick improvements at the intersection of
Boulevard from Center Avenue to Warwick Boulevard and Harpersville
Harpersville Road with the goal of Road.
creating complete street improvements,
including continuous 8-foot wide shared 8. M
ake improvements to Main Street
use paths, street trees, and decorative between Warwick Boulevard and Beech
lighting with centralized parking lots in Drive to include sidewalks and bicycle
addition to parallel parking options. lanes on both sides of the street as called
for in the Newport News Bicycle and
3. Conduct an analysis to identify and Pedestrian Plan.
install enhanced pedestrian crossings
at appropriate locations throughout the
Warwick Boulevard corridor to provide
connectivity between residential and
commercial areas and access to transit.
4. M
ake improvements to the Birthplace
of America Trail alignment to include
off-street shared use paths as much as
possible, along with on-street buffered
bicycle lanes or sharrows on residential
side streets where traffic is minimal. Existing trail and bridge across the Government Ditch
Conceptual illustration of proposed boardwalk along Mariners’ Parkway (courtesy of WPL)
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