FREMONT – Town of Fremont has been granted $12 million in state funding for its Sabercat Path Extension Venture.
Mayor Lily Mei was introduced with a symbolic examine for the grant final week by Assemblymember Alex Lee and Sen. Bob Wieckowski.
Earlier this yr, the Fremont Metropolis Council accredited plans to increase the one-mile path west over Interstate 680, connecting the Sabercat Historic Park, Ohlone School and Fremont Hills to the East Bay Greenway Path and the longer term Irvington BART Station.
In whole, town plans to spend $74.7 million on the mission, which can happen in phases.
In response to Wieckowski, the brand new $12 million allocation from the state will assist cowl the ultimate design for the north path extension to the deliberate Irvington BART Station and for buying three properties for the extension.
It would additionally present 20% ‘matching funds’ for establishing the pedestrian bridge proposed for over I-680, the full value of which is pegged at $30 million.
“The rationale I so strongly help this mission and stay dedicated to it's as a result of it's going to enormously improve path connectivity in Fremont and shine a brighter mild on the wealthy paleontological historical past of the realm,” Wieckowski stated.
“The path, the museum and the elevated connectivity of Fremont’s path programs will profit Fremont residents and generations to return. It would enhance our neighborhood’s consciousness of the nice historical past of the realm.
“With Mission San Jose, the Irvingtonian Age and the Ohlone tribe, we're blessed to stay in a metropolis with a wealthy historical past.”
Fremont acquired a further $5.7 million from the state’s Division of Pure Sources in January 2020 for planning, environmental clearance and design work.
The ultimate design for the mission is predicted later this yr and it's hoped that building will start in the summertime of 2023.