The document summarizes a session that discussed plans to improve connectivity in Marstons Mills, MA through corridor redesign. A group of professionals from the Town of Barnstable and consulting firms presented four options for redesigning the Cash Market intersection to improve safety, traffic flow, and the village atmosphere. The preferred option was a realigned intersection with a platform design to calm traffic and maintain parking. The project involved extensive community engagement to gather input and achieve consensus on the redesign plans.

1. Session G3: Friday, 2:15-3:30 p.m.
Corridor Re-Mix: Connecting the
Nodes in Marstons Mills, MA
Jo Anne Miller Buntich, Town of Barnstable
Elizabeth S. Jenkins, AICP, Town of Barnstable
Maureen Chlebek, P.E., PTOE, McMahon Associates
Christi Apicella, AICP, McMahon Associates
Brian Kuchar, RLA, P.E., Horsley Witten Group

2. Session G3: Friday, 2:15-3:30 p.m.
October 24, 2014

3. Jo Anne Miller Buntich, Director
Growth Management Department
Elizabeth S. Jenkins, AICP, Principal Planner
Growth Management Department
Maureen Chlebek, P.E., PTOE
Senior Project Manager
General Manager – Taunton and Providence
Christi Apicella, AICP
Project Manager
Brian Kuchar, RLA, P.E.
Senior Landscape Architect

4. [subtitle or location]
Cash Market Intersection
Focus Areas
Mill Pond
The Village Core
Main
Street
Legend

5. Community Based
Context Sensitive
Design

6. Traffic Calming
Pedestrian Connectivity
Place making
Safety
Improve Water Quality
Shared Parking
Cash Market Intersection
Community Concerns

7. Layout Limits
Settled/developed area
Topography
Permitting
Parking
Reduce Vehicle Dominance
Create Village Atmosphere
Change Behavior
Challenges

9. Cash Market Intersection
Focus Areas
Mill Pond
The Village Core
Main Street
Legend

10. Cash Market Intersection
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Photo credit: Google Maps

11. Cash Market Intersection

12. Cash Market Intersection
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13. Village Photos
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14. Village Photos
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Photo credit: Google Maps

15. Village Photos

16. •Traffic Calming
•Complete Streets
•Geometric Improvements
•Signage and Striping
•Lighting and Streetscape Elements
•Green Streets and Low Impact Development
Toolbox

17. Develop preferred concept (25 minutes)
▪Facilitators
▪Roll plan
▪Cross-sections
▪Game pieces
Report back
Community concept
Break out groups

18. Cash Market - Existing conditions

19. Sample Cross Sections

20. Proposed Recommendations – October 2013

21. Preferred Option: Road Realignment

22. Preferred Option: Cross Section
Existing

23. Preferred Option: Four-Legged intersection Design
Advantages:
Provides conventional design
Maintains parking at Cash Market
Provides Traffic calming by platform
intersection

24. Considered
Raised Crosswalks
Curved Roadway
4-Way Stops
Midblock crosswalks
Bumpouts
Bollards
Pedestrian Warning signs
On-street parking

25. Recommended
Mid-Block Crosswalks with Bumpouts (Curb Extensions)
Bollards
Pedestrian Warning Signs
Platform Intersection
On-street Parking

26. Continued civic engagement with stakeholders through Village Association
25% design workshop at November Village Association meeting
Concerns and suggestions incorporated
Final design presented to Village before bid documents released.
Design Process
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27. Civic Engagement
Project success grew from gaining and maintaining stakeholders’ trust.
Long term civic engagement process began in early 2009.
Media presence was important – project webpage; e-mail notices
Personal interactions critical to success.
Partnership with Village Association. Village Association personal contacts extended those personal interactions to bring about trust and consensus.

28. Funding
Unique funding source: the Cape Cod Commission’s ability to assess mitigation for regional impacts allowed design concepts and construction documents without “penny pinching”
Town capital funds set aside for FY 2017 construction
Construction will begin once bid process is complete

29. Feedback
Questions
Comments

30. Jo Anne Miller Buntich p 508 862 4735 | e-mail joanne.buntich@town.barnstable.ma.us
Elizabeth S. Jenkins, AICP p 508 862 4736 | e-mail elizabeth.jenkins@town.barnstable.ma.us
Maureen Chlebek, P.E., PTOE p 401 648 7200 | e-mail mchlebek@mcmahonassociates.com
Brian Kuchar, RLA, P.E. p 508 833 6600 | e-mail bkuchar@horsleywitten.com
Christi Apicella, AICP p 508 823 2245 | e-mail capicella@mcmahonassociates.com

31. END PPT – PLACEHOLDERS to follow to discuss other options, only if time allows

32. Option 1 – Streetscape

33. Option 1 – Cross Section
Existing

34. Option 1 – Precedents

35. Options 2 – Cross Section
Existing

36. Option 3 – Streetscape

37. Option 3 – Cross Section
Existing

38. Option 3 – Precedents

39. Option 4 – Cross Section
Existing

40. Concept 1 – Four-legged Intersection Design

41. Option 2 – Streetscape
Advantages:
[give reasons selected over other options]

42. Option 2 – Precedents

43. Concept 3 – Roundabout Design

44. Concept 4 – One-Way Design

45. Pedestrian Circulation

46. Cross-Sections Graphic
Existing
Proposed Main Street Options

47. Pedestrian Connection – Woodland Walkway

48. Pedestrian Connection - Switchback Ramp
NOTE:
Switchback ramp would be an elevated structure (i.e. on piers or utilizing retaining walls).

49. Pedestrian Circulation

50. Boardwalk Sidewalks

51. Curb Extensions

52. Gateway Nodes

53. Creating a Sense of Place