The city of Durango is accepting online feedback from residents about two potential cycling improvement projects on Roosa Avenue from Ninth Street to El Paso Street, dubbed the Roosa Avenue Connect Project.

Both alternatives feature the installation of a 6-foot sidewalk and a northbound uphill cycling lane for Roosa Avenue, a news release from the city says. The question is whether a cycling lane should be placed on the street adjacent to vehicle lanes, or if the lane should be placed on its own concrete plan with a buffer from vehicle traffic.

Durango Multimodal Manager Devin King said the goal of the project is to provide a safe pedestrian connection to Avenida del Sol and the River Bridge Apartments. The projects were designed in 2017-18 and are slated for construction in 2024-25.

The designs were funded by the 2015 Half Cent Sales and Use Tax.

“Going northbound, motor vehicles will go faster than cycles, and cycles will go faster than pedestrians, so all three modes are proposed to be separated,” the release says. “In the southbound direction, motor vehicles and cycles will be travelling (SIC) at similar speed due to the downhill grade while pedestrians will be going slower, so cycles are proposed to share the lane with motor vehicles. Southbound cycle traffic could also use the Animas River Trail along this section of Roosa Avenue.”

Residents can provide feedback through a survey on the city’s website.

The survey simply asks residents to rate each alternative design.

The first design has a 6-foot sidewalk with a 3-foot buffer, a 4-foot northbound asphalt cycle lane and two 11-foot travel lanes.

The second design features a 1 1/2-foot buffer for the cycling lane, and other aspects of the design are the same as the first alternative, but the buffer makes this alternative more costly.

The survey will be open until Jan. 5.

cburney@durangoherald.com