RPCGB To Conduct a Corridor Workshop
The RPCGB will conduct a day-long workshop on land use planning around potential premium transit stations in the Southwest Corridor along U.S. 11 on Wednesday, December 7. The location is being confirmed and will be announced shortly.
The purpose of the workshop is to interact with the public, community leaders, property owners, developers and members of the study working groups and get their inputs, insights and ideas about potential land use and development around five target station areas that would be served by new high-quality transit service being proposed for the study corridor. The five target areas are Five Points West, the Princeton Baptist Medical Center area, the Legion Field Area, Aronov Drive at US 11 (Western Hills Mall), and downtown Bessemer.
This station area planning workshop is part of a multi-faceted effort by the RPCGB and its study team to develop land use plans and strategies that will consider the transit station areas, neighborhoods, cargo-oriented development, and other plans that are being developed for the corridor cities and the unincorporated Jefferson County district at the south end of the corridor. By taking a comprehensive look at these different land use components, the goal is to formulate strategies to encourage corridor revitalization that covers the entire corridor. These land use strategies will be complemented by groups of strategies focused on transit improvements and economic development initiatives.
The study is charged with examining premium transit alternatives along a 22-mile long corridor that extends from downtown Birmingham to the Jefferson/Tuscaloosa County Line. While the study is focused on identifying the most practical transit service and alignment, it is also charged with exploring ways to leverage the corridor's land use and economic development potential - through transit investment and through other coordinated strategies. The study will devote significant effort in order to assess opportunities for reshaping communities and identifying retail, industrial, and residential reinvestment strategies.
For additional information, please visit the project website or contact Darrell L. Howard, project manager.
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