Draper Road Streetscape

As of August 2022, the project is in conceptual design. The project requires funding.This project will be submitted for a VDOT Grant Program for the construction funding. A firm construction schedule has not been established. *The original solicitation is listed below for reference. --- The Town of Blacksburg is soliciting proposals for developing preliminary design schemes for the Draper Road Streetscape Project to create an inviting downtown pedestrian-oriented streetscape. The streetscape project will extend from the intersection of College Avenue and Draper Road to the intersection of Washington Street and Draper Road. The Town has developed general criteria for its downtown streetscape that includes significantly widened sidewalk widths, sidewalks constructed with brick pavers, concrete sidewalks with brick banding, an existing palette of street furniture, and outdoor dining areas in the locations adjacent to restaurants. The preliminary design will include the appropriate design features for three separate sections of Draper Road. The sections are from College Avenue to Jackson Street, from Jackson Street to Roanoke Street, and from Roanoke Street to Washington Street. Consideration should be given to the transition from the College Avenue Streetscape to Draper Road. The Draper Road corridor also includes historic structures and the Town's Fanners Market. The project is an extension of the Town's placemaking initiatives. The designs developed during this preliminary phase will be utilized to develop outdoor dining locations, initial sidewalk widths, amenity areas, construction materials, and street widths. Construction estimates will be prepared during this phase that will be utilized to develop future design and construction budgets and for applying for various funding grants from the Virginia Department o fTransportation under the Smart Scale, Transportation Alternatives, and/or Revenue Sharing programs. Proposals shall include experience in preparing applications for the funding grants for similar projects. This preliminary design phase shall include a traffic study to review the vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic volumes and patterns along this corridor for considerations of potentially making section(s) of Draper Road one-way, a review of existing on-street parking conditions and possible revisions to on-street parking, incorporation of Town of Blacksburg streetscapes features, and preliminary stormwater management schemes. A review of existing overhead and underground utilities will be included to determine if relocation is required/desired. There will be considerable public input during this process in which the selected firm will be required to provide exhibits and assist in conducting the meetings as well as presentations to elected/appointed officials.

Division 31 -	Earthwork, Earthwork Methods.
Division 32 -	Exterior Improvements, Operation and Maintenance of Exterior Improvements, Bases, Ballasts, and Paving, Flexible Paving, Asphalt Paving, Rigid Paving, Concrete Paving, Curbs, Gutters, Sidewalks, and Driveways.
Division 34 -	Transportation, Operation and Maintenance of Transportation.