Design Projects

37th Street serves as the City's primary east-west thoroughfare. With the City and region growing at a high rate, the Evans City Council identified this roadway as a must for expansion in order to accommodate current and future traffic needs, facilitate economic expansion and improve the overall livability of the City. 

Due to the scope of this project, the City is required to conduct expansion work in phases. The first phase, which extended from 47th Avenue in the west to Sienna Avenue in the west and included the construction of the roundabout at 47th Avenue, was completed in 2023. The next section, Phase 2A, widened the roadway from the conclusion of 2023 work at Sienna Avenue east to Stampede Drive, and was completed in 2024. 

In 2025, the City will work on Phase 2B, which widen the roadway to four lanes with a landscaped center median, same as the first two phases, will extend from Stampede Drive to 35th Avenue. 

The City constructed a brand-new wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) on 49^th Street just east of 35^th Avenue that came online in September 2018. 

On January 16, 2024, the Evans City Council approved a design contract for expansion of the WWTP with the firm AE2S. Due to the fact that the new WWTP was quickly recognized as not being able to handle expected future capacity requirements, in approving the contract for expansion design services, the Councilmembers were adamant that the expansion project be undertaken in such a way it is assured that the capacity will exist to handle future residential and commercial growth needs as well as regulatory requirements through the year 2042. 

Public safety is a priority for the Evans City Council and City Staff. The bust 23rd Ave./34th St. intersection, with two elementary schools located in the immediate vicinity is one of our City's busiest intersections. To improve public safety, a four way traffic signal has been planned for this intersection. The signal will not only help improve safety of motorists and pedestrians at the intersection, it will also help manage traffic flow and help foster economic growth in one of Evans' primary commercial corridors. 

The budget for this project was approved in 2024 and work is expected to begin in the first half of 2025 once all necessary items have been procured. 

Beginning in the spring of 2025, the City will begin an expanded use of the 1% road tax revenue to conduct significant repairs and upgrades to several of the City's primary arterial roadways. These projects will consist of a full-depth reconstruction of 42nd St./Prairie View Dr. from 23rd Ave. to 35th Ave., a mill and overlay of 23rd Ave from 32nd St. to 37th St., and a mill and overlay of 17th Ave. from 32nd St. to 37th St. These projects will significantly improve these heavily-trafficked roadways as well as prolong their lifespan.