Broadway streetscape project

The $4.4 million Broadway corridor project was one of the more visible improvements in Cape Girardeau in 2012. It was paid for with voter-approved Transportation Trust Fund money and will be reimimbursed with revenue from the Isle Casino Cape Girardeau. It redesigned Broadway from Water Street to Pacific Street, providing a pedestrian promenade on the north side of the street, new sidewalks, curbing and gutters, storm sewer and pedestrian lighting.

From left, Cape Girardeau City Manager Scott Meyer, Old Town Cape Executive Director Marla Mills, Vice President for Commercial Development at Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce Tim Arbeiter, Councilwoman Kathy Swan, Councilwoman Loretta Schneider, Mayor Harry Rediger, Old Town Cape President Lisa Bertrand, Councilman Trent Summers and Assistant City Manager Kelly Green cut the ribbon Wednesday morning, Oct. 31, 2012 to mark the completion of the $4.5 million Broadway corridor project. (Laura Simon)

__Jan. 19__ -- The start of the $3.25 million Broadway corridor was delayed from February to March, allowing the St. Louis consultants time to implement traffic signal cameras and new stormwater pipes into the plan.

__Feb. 6__ -- City officials decided to move forward with the Broadway plan that included a 15-foot-wide pedestrian premenade on the north side of the street, despite its elimination of 64 parking spots on that side of the street.

__April 2__ -- The city council unanimously approved plans for the Broadway corridor, despite a low bid that came in $863,000 higher than original estimates. The new cost estimate for the project was $4.5 million. The city wanted the streetscape to be completed in time for the opening of Isle of Capri's new casino before Thanksgiving.

__April 9__ -- Starting with a two-block stretch from Water Street to Spanish Street, work began on the Broadway project by Fronabarger Concreters Inc.

__July 17__ -- A major intersection was closed by the Broadway streetscape project for the first time, when the Broadway-Sprigg Street intersection was shut down to prepare for the next block for construction.

__Sept. 12__ -- The final intersection -- Broadway and Pacific Street -- closed as the Broadway construction neared an end.

__Oct. 9__ -- Work on Broadway was largely completed. Yet to be finished in the following two weeks was lighting and landscaping.

__Oct. 29__ -- The first of several lot-sharing agreements with property owners along Broadway was finalized. An agreement between the city and Trinity Lutheran Church resulted in construction of a public, 47-space lot in the 500 block.

---- An old trolley rail awaits removal from the intersection of Broadway and Lorimier Street by a Fronabarger Concreters crew Friday, May 4, 2012. The crew is working west on the Broadway corridor project. (Fred Lynch)

__Oct. 31__ -- Mayor Harry Rediger, local officials, city staff, downtown business owners and community leaders gathered in the 500 block of Broadway to cut the ribbon on the $4.4 million road resurfacing and streetscape project.

__BONUS NUMBERS__

$4.4 million -- cost of the Broadway corridor project

64 -- parking spaces lost on north side of Broadway

6 months -- construction time

19,224 -- hours of paid labor by Fronabarger Concreters Inc.

3,428 -- hours of overtime

3,605 -- distance, in feet, of project from Water Street to Pacific Street

4,500-plus -- cubic yards of concrete used

10-plus -- tons of rocks dumped to provide foundation for sidewalks

15 -- width, in feet, of the pedestrian promenade

5,902 -- plants

128 -- trees

88 -- light poles

6 -- new businesses that opened on Broadway since construction began

11 -- buildings on Broadway either updated or undergoing upgrades