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, work Phase 2B is underway. This phase of the project will 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. Work on this phase of the project is expected to be completed in mid-to-late fall 2025. Follow the City of Evans on social media and subscribe to city news alerts for updates on this project. 

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 busy 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, after procuring long-lead components, work began on June 23, 2025. The project will have only minor traffic impacts while work is on-going. Completion of this project is expected by August 2025 in time for the beginning of the 2025-26 school year. 

Beginning in the spring of 2025, the City began an expanded use of the The Road Ahead 1% sales tax revenue to conduct significant repairs and upgrades to several of the City's primary arterial roadways.

17th Avenue between 32nd and 37th Streets was completed in May 2025 and 23rd Avenue between 32nd and 37th Streets was completed the following month, in June. 

A full-depth reconstruction began in July 2025 of 42nd Street/Prairie View Drive. This project is larger in scope and, due to concurrent concrete work on the shoulders and center median, as well as the narrowness of the roadway, it was determined that in order to ensure the safety of the work crews and adherence to the timeline, traffic will be closed to directional traffic first on the north (westbound) side and later on the south (eastbound) side. Access to neighborhoods will be limited while this work is on-going. Please see the included map here for westbound closure. 

These projects will significantly improve these heavily-trafficked roadways as well as prolong their lifespan.