The city of Birmingham is inviting the public to look at its proposal to redevelop a corridor running from downtown westward through Smithfield and Graymont in its Birmingham Civil Rights Crossroads Project.

The purpose of the project is to commemorate the legacy of the western areas in the Civil Rights Movement by connecting them to downtown with a renewed corridor that accommodates pedestrians, bikers and transit users. The city is planning 3.16 miles of improvements including the streetscapes, sidewalks, bicycle lanes and trails.

“This project isn’t just about infrastructure; it’s about honoring legacy, creating opportunity and investing in communities,” Bolaji Kukoyi, president of Dynamic Civil Solutions, the project’s lead consultant, said in a statement from the city.

The city is hosting “Community Studio Week” June 10-14 that will include meetings for the public daily at Legion Field, at 400 Graymont Ave. W.

Before that week, the city is asking the public to fill out a survey online that asks about common traffic or safety concerns and allows residents to make suggestions for specific places on the map.

The meetings kick off with a formal presentation, project overview and discussion about the plans on Tuesday, June 10, 6:30-7 p.m.

The city will have several hours set aside the following Wednesday and Thursday for the public to go in, get briefed on the city’s ideas and talk with representatives. That Wednesday, the sessions will be conducted between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.; that Thursday they will be conducted from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The process wraps up that Saturday with a session from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. for the design team to report back what it has heard so far, including concept sketches, data summaries and survey results.

The concept for the corridor is to “foster a healthier community with new connections to public transit, employment opportunities, green spaces and public health resources,” the city’s website on the project states.

In part it will expand the city’s Complete Streets concept to the west. That can include traffic-calming measures such as narrowing roads to allow space for pedestrians and bicyclists and limiting entry points, which have been met with mixed reviews in the southeastern areas of the city where they have been implemented.

The city is in the planning stages of the project and expects to start work next year, according to the project website. Completion is set for near the end of 2027.