HomeMy WebLinkAboutBoard Comm for MSP2022-01OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
OCTOBER 18, 2022 AGENDA
Subject
Master Street Plan
Amendment (MSP2022-01)
Submitted By:
Action Required
√ Ordinance
Resolution
Approval
Information Report
Approved By
Planning and Development Bruce Moore
City Manager
SYNOPSIS To approve a Master Street Plan Map amendment for
Frazier Pike, from Roosevelt Road to Zeuber Road, of an
Alternative Design Standard. This Standard shall be “two
11-Foot travel lanes with sidewalks on each side of the road
and no paved shoulders”.
FISCAL IMPACT None
RECOMMENDATION Staff recommended approval. At their September 8, 2022
Hearing the Little Rock Planning Commission by a vote of
9 for, 0 against, 1 absentand 1 vacancy made a
recommendation of approval.
BACKGROUND Frazier Pike is outside of the City Limits from Fourche
Creek south and west until one gets to College Station
Elementary. The alignment functions to move vehicles
from and to Little Rock and Wrightsville. It serves a large
rural/agricultural area of Pulaski County. There have not
been any significant improvements made along Frazier Pike
from Roosevelt Road to Bankhead Drive. East of Zeuber
Road, the roadway design standard (through the Port
Industrial Park) has been modified. A two-lane section with
paved shoulders is the standard within the Port Industrial
Park.
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BACKGROUND
CONTINUED
In more recent years with the growth of industrial uses just
east of College Station, truck traffic within College Station
is becoming an issue. Trucks apparently are existing
Interstate 530 at Dixon Road and traversing through the
College Station Community. In addition, truck traffic is
using the Bankhead Drive/National Airport exist on
Interstate 440 and accessing the port area through College
Station. Frazier Pike is not constructed to adequately
support large freight truck traffic.
The City of Little Rock is working on ways to redirect this
truck traffic away and around the College Station
community. A part of this effort is to amend the Master
Street Plan to include an ‘alternative’ design standard for
Frazier Pike. This alternative standard is “two 11-foot
travel-lanes with sidewalks on each side and no paved
shoulders”.
Notices were sent to the following neighborhood
associations: College Station Progressive League. A
general notification to all associations was made for the
Planning Commission Hearing.