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Here are some of the steps that have been taken recently on bicycle safety in Yolo County.

We have some other things in the works. I still believe that a dedicated bike path between Woodland and Davis is something that would be a huge asset.

+ Additional safety signs, "Share the Road", have been
installed on strategic roads in particular CR 99

+ County Road crews have and will continue to sweep CR 99
on a regular basis to minimize the debris on it

+ Have a Road Maintenance request form that is accessible
on line at the above link to allow the public to provide road
crews with information on maintenance needs (link goes direct to road
crews for scheduling, bicyclists seem to be    primary
users of this form)

+ Have been tentatively awarded $352,512 in State Bicycle
Transportation Account funds (the application was submitted
in December 2006) to match with $46,339 in YSAQMD funds (applied for in
February 2006) to add pavement width   to CR99D (frontage road
from CR 29 to City of Davis east of Davis Golf Course and west of SH
113). We are still    waiting for the agreement from
the State that is necessary to schedule and bid the construction work on
CR99D.

+ Bids for the construction project to reconstruct and
widen the entire 2 mile section of CR99 between CR27 and 29 were
opened 10/31/07.   We are in the process of awarding a construction
contract to the low bidder, Central Valley
Engineering & Asphalt of Roseville.

+ The Board recently approved the submittal of an
application for $1.6 million in SACOG funds (for construction) to widen
CR29 between CR99 and 99D. The right of way needed along CR29 was
purchased earlier this year, so we are lacking   only
construction funds for this segment.

+ Applying to SACOG for funds to widen additional portions
of CR 99 (urban-rural connector), Petrea Marchand working
with PPW to inform SACOG of reasons to provide funds.

Sources of funding for road widening and bike lane projects:

+ State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) $1.4
million (to be used for pending construction on CR99 between
CR29 and CR27)

+ State Bicycle Transportation Account (BTA) $240,642 and
YSAQMD Clean Air funds $55,000 (used for interim
widening on CR99 south of CR27)

+ Federal Congestion Management and Air Quality (CMAQ)
$200,000 (used for environmental studies and CEQA and
NEPA clearance, survey work, & right of way purchases on CR29)

+ State BTA $352,512 and YSAQMD Clean Air $46,339 (to be
used for CR99D widening)

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