The City of Chico is in the process of building a bike path along the old railroad right-of-way on Esplanade between Memorial Way and E. 11th Avenue. The first phase involves removing 28 trees to make room for the path. The City will replace the trees removed with around 100 trees along the new path and maintain them until they take root.
Oleander will also get improvements including road markings to help delineate trace areas for cars and bikes. Also Oleander will get a traffic signal at the intersection with E. First Avenue, a dangerous intersection and frequent accident corner for motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians.
Finally, a roundabout will be built at the junction of Oleander and Memorial Way, next to Chico Junior High to improve circulation. Pedestrian traffic signals, updated traffic detection equipment, an associated traffic signal timing plan to accommodate the added pedestrian phases, and pedestrian refuge islands and ramps are also in the plan.
For more complete information, check out this City of Chico website link.