A linear park, pond side water features, intergenerational playground and signature pedestrian bridge are some of the ideas being considered in Overland Park’s efforts to reimagine the traffic-heavy College Boulevard area near the convention center. The city council’s Community Development Committee got a first look this month at some of a consultant’s concepts meant to make the College corridor more walkable and inviting, particularly to convention guests. The goal, among others, is to make the busy commercial stretch into a pedestrian-friendly “destination district,” used by convention-goers, local workers and residents alike. A survey of corridor users showed the biggest obstacle to walkability was Metcalf Avenue to the west of the convention center, said Marty Shukert, principal at Kansas City-based RDG Planning and Design.
Source: Prairie Village Post
