Planning

City of Quincy Non-Motorized Trail Plan

LOCATION

Quincy, WA

CLIENT

City of Quincy

INVOLVEMENT

Prime Consultant

SERVICES PROVIDED

SCJ Alliance worked with the City of Quincy to develop a thorough, actionable non-motorized transportation plan with the goals of improving safety, increasing levels of active transportation, providing greater connectivity, and improving the awareness of non-motorized traffic. The Plan was adopted in October 2021 by the City Council as a component of the Transportation Element of their Comprehensive Plan.

Prioritizing Community Needs

The majority of public outreach occurred during the peak of 2020’s COVID restrictions, so most outreach was virtual. This included:

  • An online public survey of the community’s wants and needs for trails, crosswalks, bike lanes, and sidewalks.
  • A Maptionnaire survey that allowed the community to react to the proposed network and identify specific routes or locations that were of interest or concern. This allowed us to prioritize facilities based on public priority.

Implementing the Plan

The final plan included a compilation of one-page project sheets for all priority route segments in the network. These sheets contained all the information necessary for the City to pursue a specific segment of network infrastructure. The City plans to use these sheets to go after grant funding, and one segment of the network has already begun. The City is currently designing and building a proposed path along a priority route.