Truckee and Placerville are the beneficiaries of some of the nearly $223 million the California Transportation Commission has allocated to 108 transportation projects.

Thirty-seven biking and pedestrian projects throughout the state will receive nearly $10.3 million in allocations from the Active Transportation Program.

Projects include $1.5 million for Truckee to add about 2,203 feet of pedestrian and bike trail, and a trailhead and parking at the Tahoe Donner subdivision for the Trout Creek Trail Phase 2 project.

The newly allocated funding also includes $167.2 million from the State Highway Operation and Protection Program for 41 projects that will maintain and preserve the investment in the state highway system and its supporting infrastructure. These capital improvements consist of projects covering maintenance, pavement repair and rehabilitation, safety improvements and upgrades to bridges throughout the state.

The allocations also include $2.2 million from Proposition 1B, a transportation bond approved by voters in 2006.

Among the projects is $950,000 for construction of curb ramps and sidewalks and to add signal push buttons to comply with Americans with Disabilities Act standards at the intersection of Spring Street and Highway 50 in Placerville.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report