The Department of Planning and Land Management plans to seek FY2027 Transportation and Land Use Connections (TLC) grant funding from the Baltimore Regional Transportation Board for preliminary design of bicycle and pedestrian facilities in Finksburg. Building on the completed Finksburg Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning Feasibility Study funded in FY2024, the new grant would support up to 30 percent design for prioritized pedestrian and bicycle concepts, focusing on a safe route along Old Westminster Pike within the Finksburg Sustainable Community, with no county match required for the 100,000 request. Staff will collaborate with a consultant and stakeholders to conduct design work and community engagement, producing a preliminary design package that can feed into final design and future implementation grants. For vendors, this indicates an upcoming consultant selection tied to the TLC-funded preliminary design and foreshadows later opportunities in final design, construction documents, and construction of bike and pedestrian infrastructure in Finksburg once additional funding is secured.
No consultant is named yet for the preliminary design; staff will collaborate with a consultant if t...
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