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Meissner Nordic Club seeks $25,000 to expand Snowpark shuttle to ease Cascade Lakes Highway congestion
Summary
At the Bend MPO Technical Advisory Committee meeting, Meissner Nordic Club presented a request for $25,000 in SHF-program funding to expand its weekend shuttle to Meissner Snowpark to relieve parking and safety pressures on Cascade Lakes Highway and improve access for students and low‑income families.
Meissner Nordic Club asked the Bend MPO Technical Advisory Committee on Oct. 7 for $25,000 in State Highway Fund (SHF) program money to expand a weekend snowpark shuttle that ran as a pilot this winter.
Steve Rody, board president of Meissner Nordic Club, told the committee the shuttle pilot (Saturdays and Sundays, three to four round trips per day) charges a $5 nominal fare and was subsidized this season with roughly $12,000 in grants. "For an expanded program, we would need about $50,000 per season to do it. And it's our request for $25,000, which would match 50%,"…
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