A public hearing is scheduled for Oct. 10 to review new transportation and engineering design standards for the City of Grand Junction.

The hearing is set to begin at 5:30 p.m. in the auditorium at Grand Junction City Hall, 250 N Fifth St.

A final draft of the proposed transportation and engineering design standards (TEDS) is available for review on the city’s website at www.gjcity.org. Comments may be submitted by email  to comdev@gjcity.org.

The TEDS manual establishes requirements and provides guidance to the city and developers on how streets and multimodal transportation infrastructure are designed in the city.

The updates, the first in nearly 20 years, reflect state and national design standards as well as a recently adopted bicycle and pedestrian plan.

The manual also includes:

Updates to standard street cross sections to incorporate low-stress bicycle and pedestrian facilities, reflect city design practices and meet fire department access standards

An increase in right-of-way width on street sections to accommodate pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure.

A reduction in the design speed of local streets from 25 mph to 20 mph.

A reduction in the driveway width requirement on commercial and industrial properties and major streets.

A traffic assessment requirement for mid-size developments to evaluate the need for turn lanes, sight distance and pedestrians and bicycle impacts.

A connectivity requirement between developments to mitigate traffic effects on streets, improve mobility and access for people walking and biking to and through developments and provide better access to transit.

The addition of a maximum block length of 700 feet for pedestrian access.

Traffic calming requirements on local streets to support slower design speeds.

Modified turn requirements to account for streets with bike lanes and on-street parking to encourage slower design turning speeds and mitigate intersection conflicts with pedestrians and bicyclists.

Illuminance requirements for roadway markings for bikes and pedestrians

Updates to sign and striping requirements and signal designs to match city practices.

The addition of design guidance on pedestrian and bicycle crossings.