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Council narrows CIP amid public safety debate; Bollinger study defunded, Silicon Valley Hopper EV parking funding removed pending alternatives
Summary
At a special May 15 session, Cupertino councilmembers reviewed several CIP projects and voted to defund the Bollinger Road safety study and to remove funding for Silicon Valley Hopper EV parking while public commenters urged retaining protected bike lanes and related safety work.
The Cupertino City Council on May 15 reviewed a set of capital-improvement-program projects the council had asked staff to re-evaluate for possible defunding. The discussion focused on transportation and sustainability projects — most prominently Stevens Creek Boulevard Phase 2 protected bikeway work, the Bollinger Road corridor safety study and a photovoltaic (PV) project at the sports center — and featured sustained public testimony urging the council to keep safety projects and preserve award-winning protected-bike facilities.
Public safety and grant risk: More than a dozen residents, cycling advocates and commissioners urged the council not to defund Stevens Creek Boulevard protected bikeways and the Bollinger Road study, calling the projects part of the city's Vision Zero and citing past pedestrian and cyclist fatalities on those corridors. Speakers warned that canceling projects could forfeit regional grant funding; staff confirmed that some grant and developer-in-lieu funds are attached to specific projects and that canceling them could put those awards at risk or require reappropriation.
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