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<br /> l <br /> News Release Bicycle Overpass Project Receives Federal Funding <br /> May 13, 193 <br /> Page 2 <br /> under the 'Enhancement portion of the federal Intermodal Surface <br /> Transport tion Efficiency Act (ISTEA). <br /> Tota project costs are $612,200, with $490,600 coming from federal gas <br /> tax funds and the balance from local sources. <br /> Acc'rding to Diane Bishop, the city's bicycle and alternative modes <br /> coordinat r, the Jefferson Area Neighbors, the Friendly Area Neighborhood <br /> Association, and the Westside Neighborhood Quality Project have been <br /> requestin the overpass since the 1980s. "The project has been included as <br /> part of t e city's proposed capital projects for a number of years, but the <br /> city has fever had the funding to construct it. The grant will enable us to <br /> i <br /> provide a~much safer crossing for children who attend the nearby schools and <br /> use the perk and community centers and also will provide a key link in the <br /> city's bikeway system," Bishop said. <br /> The ccity recently received more than $1.7 million in federal funding <br /> under the same program to extend the Fern Ridge bicycle path west of Bailey <br /> Hill Roadl and to widen and landscape portions of the Amazon Channel along the <br /> path. <br /> ~ iy- a~ <br /> ~ <br /> i <br /> ~ L'P<_ - ~ <br /> ii= E~'! i <br /> ~ - J lr' <br /> Y <br /> <br />