A Lafayette Consolidated Government plan to extend the ÎÚÑ»ÊÓƵ Common bike path will provide a direct link between the main campus and ÎÚÑ»ÊÓƵ Common.
The project, slated to begin next spring, will add about 1.25 miles to the existing two-mile path along Cajundome Boulevard.
The path, which was opened in fall 2011, spans two points between Eraste Landry Road and Johnston Street near the Ira Nelson Horticulture Center.
The extension will stretch the ÎÚÑ»ÊÓƵ Common path from the horticulture center to East Lewis Street. The new portion of the path will consist of a route via St. Michael and St. Julien streets, and will go through Youth Park and across St. John Coulee.
The current ÎÚÑ»ÊÓƵ Commons path was funded by a $1 million Federal Transportation Enhancement Grant.
In June 2012, LCG, in cooperation with ÎÚÑ»ÊÓƵ at Lafayette, received a $507,000 Federal Transit Administration grant.
Another federally-funded LGC project will link the existing ÎÚÑ»ÊÓƵ Common with a more than 1-mile stretch that will end at the existing Parc Sans Souci trailhead.
Work on that extension is anticipated to begin this fall.
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