Tempe is putting together a plan to close gaps along the Grand Canal Multi-use Path and is looking for comments from community members.

The city has scheduled public meetings for Monday, April 17, where the partial plan will be discussed.

The project will connect the Rio Salado North Bank and Crosscut Canal paths with the Grand Canal Path, allowing “for continuous, low-stress, multi-modal travel,” officials said in a release.  

The proposed improvements may include buffered bike lanes, a new 10-foot-wide multi-use path, rest nodes, a new pedestrian signal along Mill Avenue at Crosscut Canal, public art, lighting, landscape and ADA improvements, according to the release. 

Tempe’s portion of the Grand Canal Path is located just north of the Loop 202 and east of Priest Drive.  

A virtual meeting is scheduled for noon April 17 via Zoom (Password: Bike!, Meeting ID: 845 4993 5022, Call in number: 1-699-900-6834)  

Another meeting will take place at 5:30 p.m. April 17, at the Tempe Field Services facility, Assembly Hall, 55 S. Priest Drive. 

The Grand Canal Connection Project was awarded federal design and construction grants and will use Tempe transit tax funds.  
 
For more: tempe.gov/GrandCanal.