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This story was updated Nov. 19.
Thanks to the cooperation of four governmental entities, a multiuse path along Matanzas Woods Parkway will be constructed from Bird of Paradise Drive to U.S. 1.
The path, which will cost $730,000, will stretch across 1.8 miles and will be 10 feet wide.
The construction of the path will be managed by Flagler County using grant funds from the Florida Department of Transportation. The school district applied for the grant.
“We are excited that we are able to work together with all our partners to do another quality safety project for our community,” County Engineer Faith Alkhatib said in a statement. “Together, with the Old Kings Road project and all the trails on State Road 100, kids will have more options to safely walk or ride a bike to school.”
The bids for the project came in over what the state was able to provide, so the city asked the Palm Coast Park Community Development District to contribute money toward the path as part of its agreement with the city.
The Palm Coast Park CDD agreed and will provide the city with $150,000, which will be used for the bridge along the path east of Belle Terre Parkway. When completed, the path will stretch from U.S. 1 to Old Kings Road, near Matanzas High School.
The county will contribute $20,000 toward the construction.
Because of this proposed agreement, the Palm Coast Park CDD will no longer be responsible for funding a traffic signal at U.S. 1 and Matanzas Woods Parkway, officials said.
The city approved the item at Tuesday's meeting.
Palm Coast to join Transportation Planning Organization
Palm Coast will now send its transportation wish list through Volusia County before it reaches the state.
According to federal law, urbanized areas of more than 50,000 in population are required to be a part of a Transportation Planning Organization. And because the 2010 U.S. Census placed Palm Coast in the newly designed urbanized area of Palm Coast-Daytona Beach-Port Orange, the city will need to join the Volusia County TPO instead of sending its transportation projects to the state through Flagler.
Once the TPO is complete, its name will change to River to Sea TPO, officials said.
Based on the planning area, a majority of Palm Coast, east of U.S. 1, will be part of the TPO.
Palm Coast and Flagler County will both receive a full seat on the TPO board for voting.
City to spend $1.36 million on mowers
As the amount of in-house landscaping work for the city continues to grow, the city’s lawn mowers and equipment is getting plenty of use.
And on Tuesday, the City Council informally approved spending about $1.36 million on 25 new pieces of equipment — purchases that were already approved during the budget process.
