What street pedestrian-friendly JBLM

COMMON BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash-primary avenue of a common Base Lewis-McChord Lewis Main becomes boulevard in 2012.

Design is in progress, the Directorate, public works Pendleton Avenue, to expand the "multiway boulevard", Nathan Harber, the designer community.

Lewis Main East-West-spine than Pendleton is planned to eventually extend to DuPont Gate just Madigan Army Medical Center. Boulevard property two lane through the streets of faster-moving traffic on the road to the East, and West, median, reduce the width of the local access nelikaistainen slower traffic, on either side of which is also one of the main streets are medians.In order to allow the safe Nelikaistainen bicycle transit and provide parking stalls for convenient access to facilities.

Phase 1 construction is forecast to 2011, during the spring and autumn 2012. in the initial stage of the maker of the 11th Street extends the Pendleton Division-drive.

"Multiway Puget Sound to the district – are unique, and the United States to find rare," said Harber.-they are designed for local transport and traffic through a special tree lined pedestrian ways supermarketteja grand streets. "

The aim is to allow any move easily through JBLM Lewis at the same time, the complete Main, kernel required for the parking facilities near the street, and creating a safe, convenient paths for pedestrians near Pendleton.

Medians are all landscaped, enhance the primary for the inhabitants and visitors thoroughfare, with the exception of the convenience, provided for in the contract.

"There are a lot of trees, that are going to be planted in conjunction Harber boulevard," said.

All medians are lined wood focused on designers continue a theme to supplement the current building of the village, as well as the center of the proposed lifestyle, Harber said.

Potential of beauty and utility of the boulevard will not be detrimental to the Course with a.. DPW post with the details of the plan on its website, phasing and the construction and the alternative to avoid.

"The current program will be half of the street is open at the same time as they are constructing the other half," Harber said. "In some places, it may look the same in the street, which had been driving, and they are in the construction of two nelikaistainen just next to the on-the Open, in some cases Microsoft. otherwise, they are going to close the full segment and route traffic around the Liggett and Nevada. "

At the same time, the underground utility lines will be installed below the new boulevard.

"There will be a lot of moving parts in this project, but it is going, it should also be," said Harber. "Definitely is a pride for installation. "

Don Kramer is a journalist with a common Base Lewis, McChord's weekly newspaper, the North Guardian.