At the February 2009 public meeting, residents and property owners from the Washington Street neighborhood requested a smaller follow-on meeting to specifically discuss the Washington Street Extension.  A neighborhood meeting was held May 6th, 2009 with the neighborhood - click here to download the meeting handout for that meeting.

At the May 2009 Neighborhood Meeting, approximately 40 neighborhood residents and property owners attended to discuss the project components with the project team.  At that meeting, the attendees requested that the project team work with a smaller group of neighborhood residents/owners who might be interested in additional discussions.  Those interested in participating in this smaller stakeholder team were asked to provide their contact information.  The project team met in August 2009 with the stakeholder team and at that meeting, the stakeholders voiced support for presenting the project to the Transportation Commission and City Council.

At the October 2009 Transportation Commission Meeting, the Transportation Commission voted to move forward a recommendation to the City Council for approval of the alignment for the Washington Street Extension Project, from Pecos to Fairview, and that the project include a park component on the east side of Washington Street.

At the November 2009 City Council Meeting, the City Council approved the alignment of the Washington Street Extension, from Pecos to Fairview, and authorized the acquisition of property for the project, to include a park component.  For questions relating to property acquisition, please contact the City of Chandler Downtown Real Estate Manager at 480.782.3391.         

BACKGROUND:  The realignment of Washington Street from Fairview Street to Pecos Road is one component of the South Arizona Avenue Corridor Study.  The realignment of Washington Street, along with a future traffic signal at Pecos Road will serve several purposes. 

• to provide safe ingress and egress for the neighborhood residents;
• to establish the eastern limits of the commercial area along Arizona Avenue;
• to provide a buffer for the neighborhood between the commercial area and the residential area; and
• to limit "cut-through" traffic through the neighborhood by incorporating proposed traffic calming on the future Washington realignment.

Provided below is a conceptual rendering for Washington Street that gives a better visualization of the potential buffer and traffic calming characteristics of a concept.