Alameda Unified School District – City of Alameda Subcommittee September 10, 2025
Clement Avenue /
Tilden Way
Improvement Project
City of Alameda
Agenda
• Location and Overview
• Timeline
• Construction Impacts
• Construction Outreach
Location
Overview
Project Goals and Intended Outcomes
Prioritize safety
Improve mobility for all roadway users
Improve bicycle and pedestrian access
Provide landscaping opportunities
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Comply with City plans and policies
Project Overview
Project Scope (includes but not limited to)
• Cross Alameda Trail gap closure at Clement Avenue
• SF Bail Trail Connection
• Roundabout at Tilden/Blanding/Fernside Intersection
• Road diet at Tilden Way with vehicle travel lane
reductions
• Clement Avenue extension between Tilden and
Broadway
• Landscape Improvements
• Dog Park Construction
• Bike/Pedestrian improvements at Tilden Way/Broadway
• Bicycle/Pedestrian improvements and paths
• Rail platform/track removal
Timeline
2022 – Preliminary
Concept Plan
•Public Input:
•surveys
•workshops
•open house
•Public Input:
•surveys
•workshops
•open house
2023 – Final
Concept Plan
•Transportation
Commission
endorsement
•City Council
approval
•Transportation
Commission
endorsement
•City Council
approval
2024 - Design
•Begin PS&E
•Begin PS&E
2025 - Design
•Finalize PS&E
•Bidding
•City Council award
contract
•Finalize PS&E
•Bidding
•City Council award
contract
2025 - Fall
•Pre-construction meeting
•Schedule review
•Pre-construction outreach
•Start Construction
•Construction updates outreach
2026-Fall
Complete Construction
WHERE WE’VE BEEN
WHERE WE’RE
GOING
Construction Impacts – Stage 1
TILDEN WAY
Construction Impacts – Stage 2
TILDEN WAY
BLANDING
Construction Impacts
TILDEN WAY
BLANDING
• Staged construction –
5 phases
• Biggest impacts to
Edison – Phases 2 & 3
Construction Impacts – Stage 4
TILDEN WAY
BLANDING
Construction Impacts – Stage 5
TILDEN WAY
BLANDING
Citywide/AUSD Impacts
City Impacts/AUSD During Phases 2 & 3
• Local traffic to detour at Versailles/Buena
Vista when Fernside is closed
• Electronic Message Board Signs ( )
will encourage city/island wide traffic to
use Encinal Avenue when Fernside is
closed
• Close coordination with Edison
Elementary/AUSD on school traffic
routing
Impacts at Edison
ENCINAL
• Staged construction – 5 phases
• Biggest impacts to Edison – Phases
2 & 3
• Local traffic to detour at Versailles >
Buena Vista when Fernside is
closed
• CMS Signage - Island-wide Traffic
encouraged to use High > Encinal
• Close coordination with Edison
Elementary/AUSD on school traffic
routing and schedule
Local Traffic
Island-wide
Traffic
Impacts at Lincoln
• Island-wide traffic encouraged
to use Otis > High > Encinal
during Fernside closure
• CMS Signage - Detoured traffic
to avoid Fernside and Lincoln
Middle School
Island-wide
Traffic
Recent and Upcoming Outreach
City
Meeting with AUSD Construction Manager and Edison Principal: September 4 Letters/Mailers to Businesses/Property Owners/Residents within 300ft of the work area and detours:
September 10
Virtual Open House Meeting: September 30
Meet with businesses at Bridgeside Shopping Center
Construction/Schedule Updates on Project Website
Press Releases/Social Media
Monthly Email updates to stakeholders
Contractor
Hand deliver notices to impacted businesses/residents Parking restriction signage, with dates/hours
Notify area services (AC Transit, ACI, Emergency, USPS)