The City of Santa Barbara plans to move forward with the purchase of “modular sidewalk extensions,” known as “pedlets,” as part of a short-term State Street Action Plan. The prefabricated pedlets, which would temporarily widen the sidewalks along the 500 block of State Street, are expected to cost more than $528,000.
The pedlets — made by Colorado-based MODSTREET — are being considered as a pilot program to test out a new configuration for outdoor dining along State Street, allowing for “expanded outdoor dining adjacent to storefronts” and the removal of temporary outdoor business facilities from the street, according to a staff report prepared by Downtown Team Manager Sarah Clark.
Temporary pedlets are only one piece of the interim State Street Action Plan, along with a “golf-cart style mini-shuttle program on State Street,” which is expected to cost $80,000, and an MTD “circulator shuttle” on Chapala and Anacapa Streets. In total, the short-term plan will cost just over $1.4 million…