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New Streets
The main east-west street will be the largest and busiest in the Village. (see Village Character). Townhouse-style homes with “flex” rentable spaces will line this street between the commercial areas at east and west, creating a lively street scee. The front of the homes will actually face the street behind. Only the flex space will face the main street. There will be street parking, street trees, and broad sidewalks to accommodate a lot of pedestrian activity. Eventually, the east end of the street may be extended to the intersection on Power Inn Road with the Light Rail station across the street. The next-largest street will be the main north-south route. This will be physically similar to the east-west main street, except that it will be lined with larger detached single family homes instead of businesses or flex spaces. The conceptual plan proposes to locate a “University House” at the north end, with meeting and official guest facilities. Brighton Ave. may be renovated to be a similar street, and some of the internal streets near the business area may also be the same format. This street could possibly be extended to connect to Cucamonga Ave., and possibly even Hornet Drive via the Home Depot on Folsom Blvd. The Village’s residential streets or “lanes” will be quiet and private. The lanes will be very slow speed streets, currently envisioned as one-way drives separated by a green drainage swale. The drives will be much like two broad sidewalks with a garden in-between. The bio-swale, one of the Village’s sustainability features, will create a broad lawn, garden, or shade tree area the length of the street, making the street very wide and spacious. Different lanes may have different bio-swale plantings to give each a distinguishing character. A neighborhood with a similar swale design can be viewed at Metro Square between 26th, 27th, H & I Streets in mid-town Sacramento. See also:
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