Fountain Ave Streetscape Project - Phase 1

The City is planning a reconfiguration of Fountain Avenue that will occur in two phases. This Notice of Exemption applies to Phase 1 of the Project, which eliminates a travel lane in each direction, adds protected bikeways, and eliminates parking from the north side of the street to create space for protected bike lanes in each direction. The Project will eliminate peak-hour parking restrictions, add high-visibility crosswalks, add in-street planters, and include speed wedges within painted curb extensions throughout the corridor. Phase 2 would widen sidewalks, rebuild curb ramps, add landscaping, street lighting, and other amenities, and underground utility lines if feasible. Phase 1 is intended to calm traffic conditions, create a safe east/west bicycle corridor, improve pedestrian safety, and make Fountain function more as a collector street, which is the roadway classification in the West Hollywood General Plan.