West Texas Complete Streets Project

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Project Overview

West Texas Street is an important roadway connecting I-80 to downtown Fairfield and its community destinations including shopping centers, schools, regional parks, city and county government headquarters, a performing arts center, and an aquatics complex. This commercial corridor also links residents to key transportation hubs such as the intermodal Fairfield Transportation Center and Suisun-Fairfield train station.

The existing street is a former state highway which formed a highway-commercial district designed to move cars. With the growth of the city and the re-routing of the highway, it now serves as a local road, however it needs to serve both commercial needs and the needs of residents who do not own cars, or rely on bicycles, walking, and mass transit.

The proposed complete-street improvements will make the roadway safer, which will encourage more people to bicycle and walk. Newer, better-designed mixed-use corridors will attract new residents, jobs, and commercial development.

In preparation for the complete street improvements, the City started construction on the West Texas Street Gateway Improvements in Spring of 2021. The City is also planning two major utility projects on West Texas Street which are needed to support the complete streets project. The first project will replace/relocate the water main between Curtis Drive and Pennsylvania Avenue, and the second project will install a sewer reliever trunk main between 5th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Together these planned improvements will have a positive impact on residents and community members who travel on the West Texas Street corridor.

Project Location

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January 17 Community Workshop

We will be providing a project update on the status of the West Texas Street Improvements between Beck and Pennsylvania on Wednesday, January 17, 2024 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Downtown Theatre at 1035 Texas Street.

West Texas Street is an important corridor that connects I-80 to downtown Fairfield and various community destinations. Proposed complete-street improvements will make the road safer and encourage more people to walk and cycle. The well-designed mixed-use thoroughfare will attract new residents, jobs, and commercial development, making it a more desirable location for everyone.

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Project Benefits

West Texas Street Project Benefits

Cements the downtown core as the cultural heart of the city for business, entertainment, and residential uses.
Answers the call by residents to increase safety on West Texas Street.
Provides safe routes to school for students on foot and bicycle.
Spurs private investment into the corridor.
Provides better access to two vital transportation hubs (the Fairfield Transportation Center and the Suisun-Fairfield train station).
Reduces collisions on a stretch of roadway that has inordinately high rates of collisions between vehicles and bicycles or pedestrians.
Increases transit use, along with more pedestrian and bicycle trips, resulting in greenhouse gas reductions for the city.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is the City of Fairfield pursuing the West Texas Complete Streets Project?

The project is an outgrowth of the Heart of Fairfield Specific Plan and public input received during the formation of that Plan. The proposed complete-street improvements will provide better designed mixed-use corridors, will improve connections to the downtown area, attract new residence jobs and commercial developments, make the roadway safer, and encourage more people to bike and walk.

How will this project be funded?

Total construction costs are estimated at approximately $13.6 million. Funding comes from a Federal Grant, Cycle 5 of the Active Transportation Program ($10.7 million), with the rest from Gas Tax and Regional/Local Development Traffic Impact Fees ($2.9).

When will construction start?

Construction in tentatively planned to begin at the end of 2022.

What are the project limits?

The project scope includes resurfacing and restriping the entire West Texas Street corridor from Beck to Pennsylvania Avenues, reconstructing where needed, improving intersection for bicycles and pedestrians (e.g. remove free right turns, extend pedestrian refuge islands, install bike boxes), installing buffered bike lanes on both sides, reconfiguring lanes from four to two plus turn lanes and installing a new traffic signal at 2nd Street.

Striping & Intersection Meeting