May is National Bike Month and what a start we’ve had to the month! We saw the Governor and Council approve a request from NHDOT to appropriate $600,000 in ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funds as the match for the Town of Warner’s $2,352,000 CMAQ (Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality) grant. An almost $3 million dollar project fully funded to build a critical section of trail getting us from one side of Interstate 89 to the other near Exit 8. Unbelievable!
The Bagley Bridge to Exit 8 project is poised to move forward. This project will extend the trail at Bagley up to where the project mentioned above will start. We expect you will be walking on this new trail before the 4th of July.
We are making progress on the Exit 9 project. HEB Engineers has been selected as our consultant and they are beginning to work this month on the Engineering Study phase of the project.
We are working as fast as we can in Concord to dot i’s and cross t’s so we can begin the work on the 1.25 mile completion of our Fisherville to Carter Hill section.
All our projects are seeing construction costs go up rapidly. Please help us by purchasing raffle tickets before May 19.
We also have NHCDFA Tax credits which we need to place with NH Businesses by May 17. Any leads are appreciated. Talk to your employer about NH tax credits to see if they know what they are. This is a way for a business to have a huge impact and we really need to get our remaining tax credits placed.
On May 2 we were awarded a $2,500 grant from the Granite State Wheelers Bicycle Club to purchase trail maintenance tools! We are super excited to be getting these tools which will help keep the trail looking great through the years.
As part of Bike Month we are leading a short on street ride Friday May 3rd from the State House Plaza at 5:30 PM to talk about all things bike related in Concord. Its a 4 mile ride with 3 stops. This is part of Intown Concord’s First Friday initiative. We are co-sponsoring with the Granite State Wheelers, Central NH Bicycle Coalition, Commute Smart NH.