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Design paused on Homestead Road Safe Routes to School; VTA seeks $3–3.5M to finish design
Summary
The committee received a semiannual update on the Homestead Road Safe Routes to School corridor. VTA completed 35% design but paused work because of a funding shortfall; VTA and county staff are pursuing state and federal grants and federal earmarks and asked cities for matching support.
The Santa Clara County Housing, Land Use, Environment and Transportation Committee on April 17 received a semiannual report on the Homestead Road Safe Routes to School corridor, a multi-jurisdictional project serving Homestead High School, Cupertino Middle School and West Valley Elementary.
Valley Transportation Authority staff reported the project reached about 35% design before pausing because additional design funding—staff estimated at $3 million to $3.5 million—remains unfunded. VTA transportation manager Hassan Basma said, "the reason we've now put a pause to it because of lack of fundings." The county and VTA are pursuing additional grant opportunities, including the federal Safe Streets and Roads for All program, state funding requests and community project funding (earmarks). County intergovernmental relations…
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