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Item No. 8 f TO: Mayor, Mayor Pro -Tem & City Council Rob Vine, Interim City Manager FROM: Todd Mittge, City Engineer SUBJECT: TxDOT Transportation Alternatives — City of Paris (TA Program) — 1St Street SW Bike Lanes DATE: August 26, 2024 BACKGROUND: In December of 2022, Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) sent out a call for applications for Transportation Alternatives Set -Aside (TASA) projects throughout the state of Texas. Any local agency can apply for funding for sidewalk projects, bike lanes, shared use paths, or other projects not primarily related to motor vehicles. The City of Paris applied for an on -system bike lane project along 1St Street SW from Hearne Avenue to Kaufman Street. For final selection, TxDOT compared projects between local agencies statewide and gauged several factors before projects were funded. As presented to TxDOT, "If this project is selected, 5' bike lanes will be placed on existing pavement northbound and southbound using durable thermoplastic material (similar to the material used to make thick crosswalk lines) and have vertical delineators between the bike and traffic portion of the roadway. No new pavement will be constructed. These proposed bike lanes will connect to the Northeast Texas Trail (NETT) at Hearne Avenue, providing cyclists a safe route from the NETT to Historic Downtown Paris." This project was included as a recommendation in the Toole Group memo to the city in 2019. A resolution from the City Council was passed on May 8, 2023, showing support for this project. Through two rounds of review, this project was selected on November 2, 2023. Out of a total of 465 applications, received by 304 entities in our state, with funding requests over $1.7 Billion, we were one of 83 projects selected, valued at $345 Million. STATUS OF ISSUE: This is an 80%/20% cost share. The Federal fund portion was awarded at $409,751. The City portion is $102,438.