Downtown Concord streets getting more bike lanes, expanded sidewalk

The downtown streets of Concord going in two directions from Todos Santos Plaza will be getting new bike lanes, improved traffic and pedestrian safety measures, an expand sidewalk in front of Salvio Pacheco Square, additional and upgraded streetlights and other enhancements in a $4.2 million project starting early next month..

And all this work in the Downtown Corridors Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvement Project will be done over 130 working days without daytime street closures anticipated, says Concord associate civil engineer Tianjun Cao, who is spearheading the long-anticipated project.

Cao recently gave The Pioneer a walking tour of the downtown area where some of the most visible changes will take place in the next two months. Those changes will be most conspicuous in the heart of the downtown around Todos Santos Plaza.

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