Boise City Canal Multiuse Pathway Project
Background
CCDC is committed to identifying and investing in impactful projects that achieve exceptional access and mobility in our community, linking our downtown to surrounding areas. To this end, in 2020, CCDC partnered with key stakeholders, including property owners, residents, business owners, and public agency partners for the Old Boise Blocks on Grove Street, which culminated in the 2021 Old Boise Blocks on Grove Street Redevelopment Strategy Vision Report.
The Vision Report identified a need for a pathway connection from the intersection of 3rd Street and Grove Street to the recently constructed signalized pedestrian crossing on Broadway, near Dona Larsen Park.
In early 2022, the City of Boise adopted a citywide Boise Pathway Master Plan. That plan also identified the pathway connecting the east end of Grove Street at 3rd Street to Broadway Avenue as a near-term, high-priority, medium-feasibility pathway corridor.
About the Project
The new pathway will create a safe, convenient, and low-stress bike and pedestrian path from Northeast Boise to the downtown urban core. The proposed pathway is 10-12-foot wide, ADA-accessible, non-motorized, and publicly accessible path.
Along the canal, decorative handrails, retaining walls, and lighting both along the retaining walls and overhead, will be installed to ensure high safety standards. Extra care has gone into providing additional site lighting, improved lines of sight, and guardrails that can be removed for maintenance, all while maintaining as much of the existing historic engineering and construction of the canal as possible.
The Agency conducted a pre-qualification process for public works contractors and selected the Wright Brothers for this project. Construction began in December 2024 with an anticipated completion date in late September 2025.
Contact
CCDC Project Manager Megan Pape is overseeing this project