Ann Arbor residents can weigh in on the Division Street Bikeway extension at a drop-in open house Wednesday, Sept. 23, from 5 to 7 p.m.

The city and the Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority (DDA) are holding the session at the DDA offices, 415 N. 5th Ave., on the second floor of the Kerrytown Shops. The project would extend the existing two-way protected bikeway from Catherine Street to the south end of the Broadway Bridge. Water main replacement and road resurfacing would be bundled with the bikeway work, according to the city.

The existing Division Street Bikeway, a two-way protected lane on the east side of Division from Packard to Catherine, was completed in fall 2021, according to the DDA. MLive reported Sept. 14 that the extension is planned for 2027. The Catherine-to-bridge segment's timeline calls for final engineering and design through November, bidding in January 2027, and construction in spring and summer 2027, according to Ann Arbor Record's earlier reporting.

A separate piece of the project, covering Broadway Street from the south end of the Broadway Bridge to Plymouth Road, has hit complications. The city will present design concepts for that stretch at a second public meeting on Monday, Nov. 9, from 5 to 7 p.m. at City Hall, 301 E. Huron St.

Three factors prompted additional analysis. The planned Broadway Park West development requires study of a center left-turn lane on the Broadway Bridge. The city recently received federal Carbon Reduction Program funding to modernize the Maiden Lane/Moore Street intersection with Plymouth Road.

A third factor: the Ann Arbor Fire Department determined the proposed bikeway cannot double as a fire lane. Traffic analysis for the Broadway/Plymouth corridor is expected in October.

The city said the additional analysis "is not a decision to abandon planned improvements to the Broadway Bridge or the bicycle connection to the north side."

As we reported Sept. 21, the bikeway plan has divided northside residents and council members.

First Ward Council Member Lisa Disch told WEMU on Sept. 18 that the Broadway-to-Plymouth segment needs extra study because it is "the connector between downtown and Central Campus and the northside."

Wednesday's open house is drop-in, with no formal presentation. The Nov. 9 meeting at City Hall is the next chance to see design concepts for the Broadway/Plymouth stretch.