The Placer County Board of Supervisors voted this month to fund 11 in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

Money will come from grants and transient occupancy tax revenues.

The 11 new projects are:

• Truckee River Trail restoration: The project will strengthen and improve various reaches of the Truckee River Trail between 64-acres Park and the entrance of Squaw Valley resort.
• Tahoe City ice rink: Establishes a seasonal ice skating rink in the Tahoe City Public Utility District’s Winter Sports Park, scheduled to open next winter.
• Truckee River access trail: The project will connect the north end of the existing shared-use trail at Squaw Valley Road north to the Placer County line at the town of Truckee near West River Street. The total trail distance is about 8 miles.
• Tahoe City mobility improvements: The project will improve the lakeside shared use trail connection between Commons Beach and Fanny Bridge, parking and pedestrian access to Tahoe City’s downtown business core and pedestrian crossing facilities.
• Squaw Valley bike trail and staging area rehabilitation: The project finalizes the rehabilitation of the asphalt surfaces of the Squaw Valley bike trail and the trail staging area located within Squaw Valley Park.
• North Tahoe shared-use trail: Facilitates permitting of a trail connection between the Cedar Flat neighborhood and the North Tahoe Regional Park. The project extends the multi-use trail network in eastern Placer County by 6 miles, linking residential, commercial and recreational uses.
• Tahoe Truckee Area Regional Transit bus shelter: Provides an attractive, durable and protective bus shelter for transit riders along the Tahoe Truckee Area Regional Transit route in the eastern Placer County region. The smart shelter uses GPS technology giving transit riders real-time bus arrival information.
• Water trailway interpretive signage: Signage will provide useful water safety and resource conservation tips, as well as navigable paddle routes and distances to locate public beach access to shoreline businesses, nearby hiking trails, historic sites, lodging and campgrounds at six public launch landing areas within the eastern Placer County region.
• Martis Valley trail design and construction” The project will provide a 9-mile, 10-foot-wide. multipurpose trail connecting Northstar Village to the Town of Truckee, and ultimately the Tahoe basin.
• Solar-powered message boards” Installs a solar-powered message board at Squaw Valley-Alpine Meadows ski resorts, providing traffic updates, wildfire alerts, avalanche hazards, snow removal activity, mountain conditions and parking conditions.
• Historic Donner Summit Gateway welcome sign and visitor kiosk” The project implements the first of two phases to install a welcome sign and visitor kiosk at the historic Donner Summit Gateway.