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TRANSPORTATION ENHANCEMENT FUND <br /> <br />County Road #116 Alternative <br />Transportation Corridor <br /> <br />F'R(),IECT DESCt'IlPTION <br /> <br />The 2.6 mile, disability sensitive, alternative transportation project will be the final and <br />critical link between the Cities of Anok;~ :~nd Ramsev's 26 mites of urban pedestrian and <br />bicycle facilities. This enhancemenl project will construcl and provide lighting for a <br />bikeway/walkway, acquire and preserve shorel;tnd of Grass Lake for the facility, provide <br />eight bicycle storage lockers (16 bike capacity, 5 locations) and landscape the view shed of <br />Highway #116 in the project area. <br /> <br />Completion of this alternative transportation facility will result in a more "livable" <br />community. <br /> <br />Each of the project's components will provide visible enhancements to each sector of the <br />benefiting communities. <br /> <br />The bikeway/walkway will aid in the areas economic competitix,eness by reducing the cost <br />of local travel. Environmental quality will be enhanced and sustained by the reduction of <br />vehicular traffic and the exposure to alternatives to conventional transportational ~owth. <br />Energy efficiency will occur from encouraging reduction of vehicular traffic and resultant <br />maintenance demands and further promotion of the qualities of intermodal surface <br />transportation. <br /> <br /> <br />