Transportation Alternatives Program Funding Recipients Selected
More than $4 million going to communities in Southeastern Ohio
MARIETTA, Ohio (August 15, 2017) - Seven communities in ODOT District 10 will receive a total of more than $4 million
from the 2017 Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP).
The
application process is a two-step process. Each January ODOT invites local
agencies to submit Letters of Interest describing their proposed projects and
how they meet the requirements and objectives of the Transportation
Alternatives Program. ODOT evaluates each letter and then invites the project
sponsors who have a qualifying project to submit a more in-depth, formal
application by the middle of May of each year.
“Those
applications go through a scoring process and the merits of each project are
discussed by a committee to determine which projects will be funded.
Applications exceed the available funds each year,” said ODOT District 10
Planning Engineer Alan Craig.
Disbursements
are as follows:
- Morgan County: Muskingum River Multi-Use Path - $500,000 This is
a multi-use transportation alternative project located along the Muskingum
River in Morgan County (District 10) and more specifically in the Villages of Malta and McConnelsville.
- Belpre Township: Right of way acquisition for Athens/Belpre Rail Trail - $237,500 This
project will acquire a 1.6 mile long segment of abandoned railroad
right-of-way in Washington County, currently owned by CSX Corporation,
extending between Collins road (about 0.5 miles east of the county line) and
the community of Little Hocking.
- City of Athens: NW Athens Bikeway Spur Phase 3 - $311,659 The
"NW Athens Bikeway Spur Phase III" project will connect the
Hockhocking Adena Bikeway to the northwest area of the City, completing connectivity to an expanding corner of Athens.
- Green Township: Hocking Valley Scenic Railway Phase 4 - $500,000
Railroad tie replacement and
ballast work for this National Register of Historic Places listed railway.
- Athens County:Village of Chauncey Bikeway Connector - $1,500,000 The
Chauncey Bikeway Connector project connects the existing 21 mile long
Hockhocking Adena Bikeway to the Village of Chauncey.
- City of Logan: Main Street Sidewalk Improvements - $1,100,000 The project will replace existing deteriorating sidewalks in much of the downtown
area and rehabilitate existing streetscape lighting that is not functioning
properly. This will lay the necessary groundwork for improving the downtown
infrastructure, bringing in tourists to the area and improving the local
economy.
- Village of Middleport: Leading Creek Watershed Multi-Purpose Trail
Phase 2- $336,938.86 The
Middleport Multipurpose Trail Phase II will connect our existing 1.6 mile
multipurpose trail and extend it through tree shaded residential areas ending
at the Marina, a park area which includes a boat launch into Leading Creek
with access to the Ohio River for kayaking and canoeing, beautiful wooded and
picnic areas and a paved parking lot for boat trailers and vehicles.
- Vinton County:
Moonville Rail Trail Bridge Phase 3 - $439,000 This
project consists of installing 3-4 bridges, using existing abutments and recycled historic structures, if
possible, and new materials as needed.
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