Description
The National Park Service is conducting market research for a construction project to extend the Suitland trail and improve nonmotorized visitor access and safety. The project includes a 10-foot wide, 0.4-mile extension of the trail, as well as improvements to the intersection of Suitland Parkway and Naylor Road. The project will require maintenance of traffic to ensure access can be completed while allowing vehicular and pedestrian circulation.
The key features of the project include:
• A 10-foot wide, 0.4-mile extension of the Suitland trail
• Improvements to the intersection of Suitland Parkway and Naylor Road
• Removal of the right-turn slip lanes and refuge islands
• Reconfiguration of high visibility crosswalks
• Intersection lighting improvements
• Passive pedestrian detection
• Signal phasing alternatives requiring new signal equipment
• Context-sensitive pedestrian channelization elements
• Prepare to Stop Advanced Warning Beacons on the west and east bound lanes