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6.2A Page 13 REGIONAL BICYCLE PROGRAM APPLICATION FOR FISCAL YEARS 2010/2011 & 2011/2012 Agency City of Redwood City Funds requested $256..427.00 (Minimum $250,000/ Maximum $500,000) A) Is the project on the Regional Bicycle Network as an Unbuilt Regional Bikeway Network Link? Yes No X B) Ifnot on the Regional Bicycle Network, does the project meet the Regional Bicycle Network Criteria as defmed by MTC? Yes X No Describe in detail as to why it meets the RBN Criteria. Provide supporting materials if desired. The proposed Skyway/Shoreway Bike Route Improvement proiect consists of an unbuilt connection to the Regional Bikeway Network and the Bay Trail. The existing Regional Bikeway plan shows both the Network and the Bay Trail running adiacent to Highway 101 and continuing around the southern side of the San Carlos Airport. However. due to ah:Port regulations and restrictions. public trails are not permitted in the area adiacent to the ah:port. The only available connection to the existing (built) Bay Trail is Skyway Road to Redwood Shores Parkway. This section is used daily by cyclists traveling north and south parallel to Highway 101. It runs through San Carlos. Redwood City and continues into Belmont. C) Does the project have the minimum required match of 11.47%? Yes X No D) Is the project a pedestrian project? Yes No X_ Project Description: The proposed Skyway/Shoreway Bike Route Improvement proiect consists of a proposed unbuilt bike route extending through multiple jurisdictions: it extends from Redwood City to San Carlos and continues into Belmont. The pro; ect on the southern end will connect with the existing Bay Trail bike path at the end of Skyway Road. adjacent to Highway 101. From Skyway Road the route turns left onto Airport Road and passes through the intersection of Redwood Shores Parkway and Airport Way/Shoreway Rd. Continuing north on Shoreway the route extends through San Carlos into the Belmont portion of Shoreway. The proiect is apnroximately 1.6 miles of new bike route. It will include the addition of new bike route signs and sharrows on Skyway Road over its full length. New bike lanes will be installed along Air.port Way.. which will improve safety for cyclists at the intersection of Redwood Shores Parkway and Ah:port Way/Shoreway 'Rd. The northern side of the intersection.. Shoreway Road. will have bike lane improvements for the southbound direction. A bike path will be installed on the shoulder of the road for cyclists making a right turn onto westbound Redwood Shores Parkway.