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Council debates Safe Routes feasibility, leans toward exploring alternate Chesapeake Village connection
Summary
Councilists split over whether to pursue SHA’s Route 261 100% design for a sidewalk to connect Chesapeake Village. After extended debate about cost, topography and grant timing, council signaled support for exploring alternate alignments and grant strategies rather than immediately committing to the SHA 261 design.
Chesapeake Beach — Town staff and council spent a substantial portion of the March 19 meeting discussing the Safe Routes to School feasibility study and whether to pursue the State Highway Administration’s (SHA) Route 261 100% design.
The Town Administrator told council that the 30% design (feasibility study) for a sidewalk from Chesapeake Village to Beach Elementary along Route 261 is complete. The administrator warned that moving to 100% design carries additional cost and that construction funding is not guaranteed: “If you do not build within the 10 years from the date of award, you…
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