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Safe Routes to School plan to be accepted but not adopted into Coos Bay transportation plan amid ODOT funding concerns
Summary
City staff said the Safe Routes to School plan will be presented to council for acceptance Aug. 5 but will not be adopted into the city's Transportation System Plan; commissioners raised concerns about ODOT staffing and potential project slowdowns and learned a Front Street bicycle/pedestrian project was placed on an alternative funding list.
City of Coos Bay staff told the Parks Commission the Safe Routes to School plan will be presented to the city council for acceptance on Aug. 5 but will not be adopted into the Transportation System Plan (TSP), and commissioners raised concerns about whether state funding will be available to implement construction grants tied to the plan.
Christina Techshera, City of Coos Bay, said the city "submitted an application to support bicycle and pedestrian planning efforts" and that the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) plan will be presented to council but "we will not be including…
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