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    Anaheim receives $5 million in federal funding for new bridges, trails around Honda Center
    • June 26, 2023

    Anaheim will get $5 million in in federal funding to support building new pedestrian bridges and trails near the Honda Center, officials announced Monday, June 26.

    The funding will go to five projects planned to connect the OCVibe development that will be starting construction around the Honda Center, the Santa Ana River, Anaheim’s ARTIC train and bus station and a future river park next to Angel Stadium.

    “In years to come, Anaheim’s riverfront will be the place to connect with nature and enjoy new entertainment and fun around Honda Center,” Mayor Ashleigh Aitken said in a news release.

    Two of the five projects include a bridge that will carry pedestrians and bicyclists – but no cars – over the Santa Ana River and a new lane to separate bicycle traffic from pedestrians along the Santa Ana River Trail in Anaheim.

    The pedestrian bridge will be north of Katella Avenue and will lead directly from the east side of the Santa Ana River into The Gardens park planned in front of the Honda Center.

    There have been “multiple bicycle‐pedestrian collisions” on the Santa Ana River Trail, according to the grant application. In 2012, there was a fatal collision between a bicyclist and a pedestrian on the trail in Huntington Beach.

    The money will also fund a nearly one mile extension of the Santa Ana River Trail from Katella Avenue to the Anaheim Coves. Currently, a dirt path links the two sections.

    The Honda Center will also connect to Anaheim’s ARTIC station via a new pedestrian bridge over Katella Avenue, allowing people to bypass the wide road they would normally have to cross when there’s an event.

    The fifth project the money will fund is an elevated pedestrian pathway that will lead people from that new Katella Avenue bridge to ARTIC. AMTRAK and Metrolink already stop at ARTIC, and the site is a planned station for California’s high-speed rail system.

    The areas surrounding the projects in Anaheim are all in the top 10% in pollution levels for the state so the projects intend to get more cars off the road, according to the grant application.

    Funding for the projects comes from a Department of Transportation grant program, which is a part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Congress passed in 2021.

    The city expects to complete planning on these projects by 2025.

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    ​ Orange County Register 

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