Context Sensitive Solutions

As part of the 290 Extension Project environmental study, the project team will work to engage stakeholders to deliver Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS).

The intent of this collaborative approach is to create a safe, efficient and environmentally responsible mobility corridor that is appropriate for its setting and speaks to the needs and values of the surrounding community. It is an approach that leads to preserving and enhancing scenic, aesthetic, historic, community and environmental resources, while improving or maintaining safety, mobility and infrastructure conditions.

One of the guiding principles of CSS is to promote continued collaboration with stakeholders and to strive toward a shared vision to influence decisions.

Stakeholders will be asked to help guide major project design components to unify the look and feel of the corridor. These components include bridge aesthetics, retaining walls, bicycle and pedestrian facilities as well as landscape treatments, hardscape and possible signature design elements.

We ask that you be involved in the CSS process and help us to create a transportation corridor that makes our community proud.