Money in place to build bike path on Hwy. 50 in S. Tahoe
A high-priority bike path project in South Lake Tahoe has received the necessary funding — the El Dorado Beach to Ski Run route.
This is a missing link in South Lake Tahoe and is listed as the highest priority project in the Lake Tahoe Region Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan.
South Lake Tahoe, Caltrans, and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency officials worked together earlier this year to re-route supplementary funds from the ongoing Highway 50 water quality project to the bike path project.
Approximately $2 million was rescued when the bid for the Caltrans Highway 50 water quality project from Trout Creek to Ski Run Boulevard came in under the engineer’s estimate. This money was going to return to original grant sources outside the Lake Tahoe Basin when the agencies worked together to re-allocate the funding to the bike path.
The move will also help free up other funds which can go toward other projects such as sidewalks along Pioneer Trail and other high priority transportation projects in the city.
Ahhh, good work! This is an example of a successful endeavor to improve our community. Thank you to those who put your heads together and made this possible. It’s still not clear why that funding was not included in the total project from the beginning. At community meetings several years ago we were informed that this project would include class 1 bike trails. Hmmmm? Where did that original allocation go?
This is great. Love seeing officials working hard to upgrade the quality of life in S. Lake Tahoe.
There is so much yet to be done. This is a great step
When completed, we will add more bike racks at Ski Run Marina
I hope fixing our local streets is in the project too. It is outrageous the pot holes and large cracks that are on most streets. I live on Glenwood Way. You should take a bumpy ride someday. What a ride. Thank you