The City is working with community members to make Lehigh Avenue safer, cleaner, and greener through short-term fixes and large-scale street redesign. Current efforts on the avenue include:
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Repaving and restriping completed on Lehigh between Ridge Avenue and Richmond Street to encourage slower driving and improved travel for cyclists and pedestrians. Layout changes to the roadway between Kensington Avenue and Aramingo Avenue are also completed.
More information can be found on the project’s document page.
The planning study begins for Lehigh Avenue from American Street to Kensington Avenue.
Public engagement begins for the American-Kensington segment. The community gives feedback on the project vision and goals.
Based on public input, the design team begins to develop different options for the American-Kensington segment.
The design team continues developing options for the American-Kensington segment.
The City begins to apply for grant funding to design and build improvements on Lehigh Avenue between American Street and Aramingo Avenue.
The City of Philadelphia is working with the community to make Lehigh Avenue easier for everyone to use.
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| Corey Bell | Senior Planner, Special Projects | Office of Multimodal Planning, OTIS | corey.bell@phila.gov |
| Andrew Simpson | Complete Streets District Manager | Office of Multimodal Planning, OTIS | andrew.simpson@phila.gov |
| James Lentz | Bicycle & Pedestrian Project Coordinator | Office of Multimodal Planning, OTIS | james.lentz@phila.gov |
| Sharon Zea Rincón | Community Coordinator | Office of Multimodal Planning, OTIS | sharon.zearincon@phila.gov |