FAYETTEVILLE — A Town and Gown Advisory Committee approved a map to help city and University of Arkansas officials plan transportation improvements in roughly 2-square-miles around the campus.

The committee created a boundary that runs from North Street to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and from Sang Avenue to Park Avenue. The area includes rental houses, apartments, fraternities, sororities and owner-occupied homes in the University Heights, Sang Valley and Wilson Park neighborhoods.

“What we have done is create a higher level of coordination and communication for an area beyond the state-owned property within the city,” Mike Johnson, university associate vice chancellor for facilities, said at a meeting earlier this month.

“This is about roads, access, entry and where we’re going to target traffic,” Don Marr, Mayor Lioneld Jordan’s chief of staff, added.

The 21-member committee was created last year to address issues related to university growth. It is comprised of city and university officials and members of the general public.

Officials could give greater consideration to adding bicycle lanes, crosswalks, streetlights, one-way streets, on-street parking spaces, bus stops and wider sidewalks within the boundary beyond what city code requires.

More than 15,000 people live within the boundary, according to John Goddard, a geographic information systems technician for the city. That includes more than 10,000 university students. Fayetteville’s population is 73,580, according to 2010 U.S. Census.

With more dormitories, apartments and Greek houses being built, infrastructure needs on the edge of campus continue to grow. Committee members cautioned residents not to expect sudden changes, however, because of the boundary map.

“It’s not mandating anything. It’s just saying we’ll consider all these things,” said Terry Gulley, city transportation director. The committee doesn’t have the power to make policy for the city or university.

Marr said committee members have talked about eventually making streets one-way heading north from Maple Street between Garland and Leverett avenues. One-way streets would prevent cars from turning into crosswalks on Maple heavily used by university students, Marr said. An average of 11,000 cars pass just west of Leverett Avenue on Maple Street daily, according to 2012 traffic counts from the Highway Department. Traffic counts are 5,400 cars per day on Cleveland Street west of Razorback Road and 29,000 cars per day on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at Stadium Drive.

The boundary map, as first presented, didn’t include land all the way around Wilson Park or most land south of Halsell Road and west of Razorback Road.

Ryan Miller, Ward 4 representative on the committee, said he heard from several University Heights residents who wanted to see their property included. The committee took Miller’s advice and extended the map’s western boundary to Sang Avenue all the way south to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

Marr said transportation needs are different in different areas around campus. Concerns from residents in the northwest corner of the boundary map have mainly focused on cars speeding down the Cleveland Street hill from campus, he explained. In that area, city officials could place greater emphasis on speed limits and traffic-calming measures.

City transportation crews earlier this week installed stop signs at Cleveland Street and North Oliver Avenue. The city’s Street Committee has recommended a “climbing lane” for cyclists on the south side of Cleveland that would narrow the street and slow vehicular traffic.

Marr said concerns in the Wilson Park neighborhood have generally focused on parking. He said on-street parking spaces requiring a residential permit could be added as they were on West Ila Street earlier this year. Or no parking signs could go up.

Jim Halsell, who lives north of Wilson Park on West Cleburn Street, called residential parking permits a “double-edged sword.” They keep people who don’t live in the area from parking their cars on residential streets, but they also make it tough for homeowners who want to have visitors park in front of their houses, Halsell said.

Halsell said he generally favors the boundary map committee members approved.

“I do think all of these areas are highly impacted by decisions the university makes,” Halsell said.