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Campus bike path system to expand

Construction is set to begin next month to complete a comprehensive bicycle path system that will encircle most of the campus and keep bicycle traffic away from the congested center.

Plans call for extending the bike and pedestrian path along State University Drive West near Hornet Crossing by 4,000 feet and providing bike lane markings in the roadway along State University Drive South and State University Drive East.

“Once we complete the work, we will have a better bicycle circulation route that will be safer for both bicycle riders and pedestrians,” said Victor Takahashi, director of facilities planning and construction services.

Work on the $700,000 project, financed through grants from Caltrans and the federal government, is scheduled to begin in mid-June and is expected to be completed by the end of October. C & C Construction of Rocklin was awarded the bid as general contractor.

Takahashi said a major part of the project will be the extension of the existing asphalt path that runs along State University Drive West and is shared by both cyclists and pedestrians. The path will be extended from Hornet Crossing south to Stadium Drive. The north end of the existing path will also be lengthened to stretch from Sinclair Road to State University Drive near Receiving. But that portion of the project won’t be fully completed by October, Takahashi said, because of an upcoming sewer replacement project in the same area.

Plans call for eventually extending the bicycle path system through the northeast portion of the campus.

Takahashi said the new bike paths and dedicated bike lanes are key parts of the University’s Bicycle Master Plan, which was approved by the Transportation Advisory Committee to encourage alternative modes of transportation to campus in place of driving.

— Ted DeAdwyler