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interactive display and panels would be permanently installed in areas where travelers arrive and depart, including the LRT station. Project Title: Nonmotorized Connection Improvements from VA Medical Center and Minnehaha Park to Coldwater Spring Location: Minneapolis (Fort Snelling node) Contact: Shaun Murphy, Alan Robbins -Fenger (NPS) Cost: $1,500,000 (requesting $300,000) Description: This project is composed of several components that are necessary to improve pedestrian and bicycle connections between the VA Medical Center LRT Station and Minnehaha Park to Coldwater Spring. These components are: • Install sidewalks or a multi -use trail along Minnehaha Park Dr. S. from E. 54th St. to Coldwater Spring. • Install sidewalks on both sides of the roads leading to Minnehaha Park Dr. S. from VA Medical Center Station (Minnehaha Ave. and E. 54th St.). • Re -paint the crosswalks across E. 54th St. at Minnehaha Ave. • Stripe bike lanes from VA Medical Center Station to Coldwater Spring. • Install sidewalks or a multi -use trail along Minnehaha Park Dr. S. from E. 54th St. to Coldwater Spring. A portion of the VA property will be transferred to NPS and restored. This property will expand access to the MISS Coldwater Spring unit. Project Title: Location: Contact: Cost: Description: Project Title: Location: Contact: Cost: Description: Tower Ave. Trail Gap Minneapolis (Fort Snelling node) Tom Pfannenstiel $200,000 (requesting $40,000; applied for a FLAP grant to determine engineering needs and cost estimate) This project would create a multi -use trail from Tower Ave. to Historic Ft. Snelling. Currently, the Fort Snelling State Trail terminates at the intersection of Tower Ave. and Bloomington Rd., as does a sidewalk/path connecting from the center point of the node. To travel to Historic Ft. Snelling from this intersection, bicyclists and pedestrians must walk or bicycle on the road with vehicle traffic, and sight -lines along this segment of Tower Ave. are not very far. The proposed multi -use trail would be located along Tower Ave. and then cut through the parking lot to the Historic Ft. Snelling Visitor Center.' ATS Implementation Support Various Ben Rasmussen, Volpe Center $32,500 Volpe's work during this time would focus on: • Working with partners to update and revise the five-year plan o Updating the prioritization of projects o Identifying additional needs and projects o Matching projects with funding sources available 1 If this project is not feasible due to its cost and/or site constraints, a sidewalk should be constructed, ideally on both sides of Tower Ave. and bicycle lanes along Tower Ave. and through the parking lot should be striped. If sidewalks are not feasible, then at a minimum, bicycle lanes should be striped. January 29, 2014 — Page 11