CITY OF LA PUENTE VALINDA COMMUNITY BIKEWAY PROJECT MTA 2013 CALL FOR PROJECTS GRANT APPLICATION COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS John Burton

Valinda Community Bikeway Access Improvements Project LACDPW - $3.1 million grant application MTA Call For Projects MTA funds $2.5 million County match $576,000 City of La Puente match $36,000 Improvements in the City of La Puente include: Class 1 Bike Path along 0.7 miles of the Puente Creek Flood Control Channel 0.48 miles of Class II bike lane along City portion of N. Sunset Ave Bikeways are included in County of Los Angeles Bicycle Master Plan Discussion of project benefits & components Implementation plan Request for a letter of support

Amar Road

Puente Creek near Valinda Avenue Puente Creek looking towards Del Valle Ave

Dominguez Channel Bike Path 98 miles of LACDPW bike paths

Sample of a Class II bikeway

Puente Creek bike path components 12 foot wide pavement section New fencing along bike path New asphalt pavement 2018 Improvements in the City of La Puente Signal at Puente Creek & Hacienda Bl N. Sunset - 0.48 miles of Class II bike l lane on City side of street Total cost of signal & bike lane $178,000 20% Local match - for City of La Puente I is $36,000

Bike Paths can provide: Recreation Transportation Sense of community ftp://dpwftp.co.la.ca.us/pub/PDD/Bikepath_La_Puente/

LACDPW request City of La Puente support for the project. If selected for funding: LACDPW would work with City of La Puente to hold community meetings for the project With the City’s concurrence after the community meetings LACDPW would proceed with the project Invite the City to participate in funding the $36,000 local match for the signal for the Puente Creek bike path on Hacienda Blvd and City side of the N. Sunset Bike Lane in Fiscal Year 2018. Obtain environmental clearance Design plans, advertise and award project Construct project in 2018 LACDPW would maintain the bike path