EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — El Paso got over $13 million in a grant to make a new bike path and trail along major roadways in South Central.
According to the City of El Paso, on Friday, the Texas Department of Transportation gave the City a $13.39 million grant to design and construct bike paths, trails and other walkable areas for pedestrians in parts of Magoffin Avenue, Piedras Street and Paisano Drive from Cotton Street to the international crossing Bridge of the Americas.
The money is part of the Transportation Alternative Set-Aside’s (TASA) program.
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The City stated that these walkable areas, where people can walk or bike around away from flowing traffic, will also connect community spaces like parks, businesses and schools.
The City explained that recently it had completed a $1.6 million project that helped rebuild Magoffin Avenue from San Antonio Avenue to Cotton Street.
The project reduced the three-lane road into a two-lane one, adding landscaping and trees, street lighting, ADA-accessible ramps and parking on both sides of the street.
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