Maryland to fund New Hampshire Ave Bikeway, C&O towpath repairs, Broadneck Trail and more

Last month, Maryland announced its 2020 Transportation Alternatives, Maryland Bikeways and Recreational Trails funding which includes $9 million in grants to support bicycling and walking. In the immediate DC area, this includes

• Design of the New Hampshire Avenue Bikeway in Takoma Park in Montgomery County.
• The repair and rehabilitation of 12 miles of C&O Canal towpath surface for pedestrians and bicyclists. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park was awarded more than $1 million for the work. Construction will extend from the Seneca Aqueduct (Towpath Mile 23) through Edwards Ferry (Mile 30) and from White Ferry (Mile 36) to Dickerson Conservation Park (Mile 29).
• Takoma Park bike and pedestrian safety curriculum and funding the iCan Shine Camp for two years to teach special needs students to ride bicycles
• Chamber Avenue Green/Complete Street in Prince George's County - construction funding to construct traffic calming measures, bring sidewalks, curbs and ped crossings to be ADA compliant. Also address direct storm water run off and a designated bike lanes, signage and street lighting along the corridor of Chamber Ave and Capitol Heights Blvd. 
• University Park Traffic Safety Improvement Plan in Prince George's County - funding to design infrastructure work to include
  sidewalk improvements, traffic calming and speed reduction improvements in addition to pedestrian and bicycle improvements to provide safe access to the elementary school. 
• Designing a 1.7-mile shared-use path on Falls Road (MD 189) in Montgomery County

Other projects in the state of note include

• A $2.6 million award to the Anne Arundel County Department of Recreation and Parks for construction of an additional 2.5 miles of the Broadneck Trail between Peninsula Farm and Bay Dale roads. An additional $800,000 in Maryland Bikeways funding was awarded for the construction of another mile of the trail between its eastern terminus at College Parkway and Bay Head Park. When work is completed, the entire Broadneck Trail will be 6 miles long and about 10 feet wide, connecting neighborhoods, parks and schools along College Parkway.
• a feasibility study and conceptual design for extending the Poplar Trail from its western terminus in Annapolis to the South Shore Trail in Parole.
• $360,000 in design funds for Baltimore City for a new 5.5-mile section of the Baltimore Greenway Trails Network between the Gwynns Falls and Herring Run Trails. The section will provide a shared-use path connecting numerous Baltimore neighborhoods with Mondawmin Mall, Druid Hill Park, Johns Hopkins University and Lake Montebello.
• A feasibility study to extend the Indian Head Rail Trail to the Three Notch Trail in Charles County;
• Studying and designing the Frederick and Pennsylvania Line Railroad Trail between the City of Frederick and Walkersville in Frederick County
• Designing a shared-use path along Dobbin Road in Columbia in Howard County
• design of the Short Line Trail crossing of Bloomsbury Avenue in Catonsville, Baltimore County
• Purchasing maintenance equipment for the Great Allegheny Passage Trail in Allegany County

A Chamber Avenue bikeway could tie in nicely with the Watts Branch Trail so that's an exciting idea, as is a trail connecting the Indian Head and Three Notch Trails.

The Broadneck trail's 6 mile segment is part of the American Discovery Trail.  When complete, Broadneck Peninsula Trail will connect Chesapeake Bay to the B&A Trail, which leads to Annapolis and eventually Bowie and ATTS.

Comments

[John]

dickerson ferry park isnt at mile 29.

how many times have you ridden out this stretch?

[washcycle]

typo - it's mile 39. I have never ridden out that far.