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The city of Asheville will make improvements to Kimberly Avenue over the next few months. Contract work on preliminary road repair began this week. Repair work is necessary before milling, resurfacing and restriping can be completed. Repair work is expected to continue through mid-April. Weather permitting, the majority of the work is estimated to be completed by mid-May. The Kimberly Avenue project also includes the addition of a bicycle-climbing lane on the golf course side of the street. The bicycle lane is being installed in accordance with the city’s Comprehensive Bicycle Plan. Bicycles and motor vehicles will share the southbound lane as called for in the plan. Parking in the area between Country Club Road and the intersection with Gracelyn Road and Griffing Boulevard will be changed as a result of the project. On-street parking will no longer be allowed on the east side of the street between Country Club Road and the intersection with Gracelyn Road and Griffing Boulevard; it will be allowed on the west side. Parking between Evelyn Place and Country Club Road will not be affected. Periodic land or road closures will be necessary. Access will be maintained for emergency vehicles, residents and pedestrians. When one lane is closed, flaggers will direct traffic through the closure. When the road is closed, traffic will be detoured. The project requires the Monday-Friday Dial-a-ride portion of Asheville Transit Route #5 to be closed March 15 through April 16. Saturday Dial-a-ride service along Kimberly Road will be provided throughout the project. Dial-a-ride requests for Asheville Transit require a rider to call 828-253-5691 at least one hour ahead of requested service. This is one of several transportation infrastructure projects in Asheville funded by the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The funding was awarded by the French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization in a competitive process and is administered through the North Carolina Department of Transportation. If you have comments, concerns or questions about this project or about other ARRA-funded transportation projects, please contact Barb Mee at 232-4540 or bmee@ashevillenc.gov. (Image provided by The City of Asheville.)
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