JACKSON, Wyo. — The Board of County Commissioners selected Mead & Hunt, Inc., a Denver-based company, to conduct planning and design studies on the Transportation needs of the Northern South Park area.

According to the RFQ (request for qualifications) issued on June 7, the county is looking for a consultant to begin the process of planning and preliminary design for a series of multimodal transportation projects in the area.

The project area boundaries are South Park Loop Road, to the east and north, and Red House Road to the south.

Photo: Teton County staff report

Teton County Regional Transportation Planning Administrator Charlotte Frei Ph.D. attended the meeting and explained that the consultants will focus on stakeholder engagement on the conceptual design, provide 10 to 20% of the design so cost estimates can be made, create a benefits cost assessment to be used for federal grant applications and conduct traffic and safety analyses for the study area.

Now that the consultant is selected, Frei and other county staff will begin negotiating the scope of service details that fits within the $150,000 in funding from the Town and County set aside for the project.

According to the staff report, identified projects in the area will be prioritized first and include:

  • Redesign of High School Road and South Park Loop Road intersection
  • Redesign of W Boyles Hill Road and South Park Loop Road intersection
  • Redesign and Blair Drive intersections with South Park Loop Road and Middle School Road, potentially as roundabouts
  • Safety and multimodal capacity improvements along South Park Loop Road and Middle School Road
  • High School Road southside pathway and other priority pathway improvement projects
  • Transit improvements as identified in the START 2020 to 2025 routing plan
  • Potential alignments for an east-west connector

Additional project components or strategies may be identified such as:

  • Electric vehicle charging near Summit High School or the football stadium
  • Multimodal safety improvements along Middle School Road
  • A new left turn lane was included as a cost share in The Loop development agreement and in the Town’s 10-year Capital Improvement Program

Lindsay is a contributing reporter covering a little bit of everything; with an interest in local policies and politics, the environment and amplifying community voices. She's curious about uncovering the "whys" of our region and aims to inform the community about the issues that matter. In her free time, you can find her snowboarding, cooking or planning the next surf trip.