Berkeley Park Bike Path to Receive $60,000 for Improvements
BERKELEY, Ill. – Recently Governor JB Pritzker announced $2.1 million in grants to develop and improve 13 local bike path projects throughout Illinois. The Berkeley Park Bike Path is one of the grant recipients.
“This funding allows our community to make improvements along the bike path so our cyclists will have a safe and beautiful place to ride,” said Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch. “Bike paths are a great way to encourage healthy outdoor activities for our families, while also reducing our carbon footprint.”
The $60,000 this project will receive from the Illinois Bicycle Path Grant Program will assist local units of government in the acquisition, construction, and rehabilitation of public off-road, non-motorized bicycle paths and any directly related facilities, such as drinking water fountains and restrooms.
This grant program is administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Funding comes from a percentage of the motor vehicle title fees, providing a maximum grant award of $200,000 per project for development projects, with no maximum grant award limit for land acquisition projects.
“Bicycle path projects are excellent drivers of job creation and economic development, while also increasing road safety for bicyclists,” Governor Pritzker said. “Illinois’ beautiful natural landscape should be accessible and safe for all to enjoy, and I’m pleased that projects like this help make that goal a reality.”
Grant Opportunities
More information on these funding opportunities can be found here.