Final Document Available (February 2012)

The Martin Luther King Jr. Way/Highway 59 Revitalization Plan is now available for public review.   A special "thank you" goes out to the Martin Luther King Jr Way/Highway 59 Ad-Hoc Committee for all their help and guidance in putting this document together--please see the link below for details on their meetings.  The final document can be downloaded below.  For ease of downloading, the document has been divided into sections and each section must be downloaded separately.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the City Planning Division at 209-385-6858.

The Merced City Council will consider adoption of the Plan at the Tuesday, February 21, 2012 meeting.  Please refer to the City Council agenda page at the following link for details.


Project Objectives

The City of Merced received an “Environmental Justice Grant” from Caltrans to address transportation and land use challenges and opportunities along Martin Luther King Jr. Way, and the area bounded by State Highway 99 and Childs Avenue, and “M” Street and “G” Street.  A community-based effort was undertaken to accomplish the following Project objectives:

·       Improve transportation options for all travelers, including vehicles, bikes, pedestrians and transit;

·       Enhance the safety performance of the state highway for all travelers;

·       Assess the feasibility for new office, commercial and residential uses; and

·       Identify opportunities to design and install improvements that provide safe street crossing sites.

Watch this page for more information on the Strategy as it becomes available.

If you would like to be on the project mailing list, please send your name and physical address (not just an email address) to planningweb@cityofmerced.org

Ad-Hoc Advisory Committee
For information on the Martin Luther King Jr Way/Highway 59 Strategy Ad-Hoc Advisory Committee meetings and agendas, which began in January 2011 and ended in January 2012, please follow this link to the "Boards and Commissions" section of the website.