Formula Grant IL2023025

APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONNECT TWO AREAS OF SIDEWALK NEAR A CITYLINK FIXED-ROUTE TRANSIT STOP FOR A WORKING-CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD IN EAST PEORIA. THIS CAPITAL PROJECT WOULD PROVIDE NEEDED ACCESSIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ALIKE ULTIMATELY LEADING TO HIGHER MOBILITY LEVELS OF OLDER ADULTS AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES TRAVELING TO AND FROM THIS AREA.; ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: THE CITY OF EAST PEORIA WILL BUILD A SIDEWALK NEAR THE RICHLAND NEIGHBORHOOD TO ALLOW FOR HIGHER TRANSIT ACCESSIBILITY. THE SIDEWALK WILL BE BUILT ON THE EAST SIDE OF EDMUND STREET BETWEEN THE CEDAR STREET INTERCHANGE INTERSECTION AND THE RICHLAND STREET INTERSECTION. THERE IS A BUS STOP SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF RICHLAND AND EDMUND ON THE EAST SIDE DIRECTLY WHERE THIS SIDEWALK WILL BE PUT IN PLACE. CURRENTLY THE BUS STOP IS NOT ADA ACCESSIBLE; IT HAS A SIGN BUT NO CONCRETE PAD BENCH SHELTER OR OTHER AMENITIES.; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS CONNECTION WOULD DIRECTLY PROVIDE SAFER AND MORE ACCESSIBLE MOBILITY OPTIONS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE RICHLAND NEIGHBORHOOD ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALL INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE AND WORK NEAR THE RICHLAND AND EDMUND INTERSECTION IN EAST PEORIA. THIS SIDEWALK WILL INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY FOR TRANSIT USE FOR SENIORS INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND THE PUBLIC IN THAT AREA OF EAST PEORIA. ONE OF THE EXISTING ADJOINING SIDEWALKS HAS RECENTLY BEEN IMPROVED TO BE ADA-COMPLIANT SO THIS NEW CONNECTION WILL EXTEND THIS ACCESSIBLE WALKING ROUTE TO ALLOW FOR HIGHER MOBILITY OF RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: INTENDED BENEFICIARIES WOULD BE RESIDENTS OF THE RICHLAND NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH IS MOSTLY ISOLATED BY THE CEDAR ST. EXTENSION. THIS IS A WORKING-CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT CURRENTLY LACKS FIXED-ROUTE MASS TRANSIT SERVICE DUE TO ITS LACK OF POPULATION DENSITY BUT NOT ITS NEED. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THERE COULD BE UP TO 50 PASSENGERS PER DAY GIVEN THE NEIGHBORHOODS ATTRIBUTES. OF THESE AT LEAST HALF WILL LIKELY BE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES OR OLDER ADULTS. WITH THE NEWER ADA RAMPS IN THE AREA THIS CONNECTION WOULD PROVIDE AN ADA-COMPLIANT ACCESS ROUTE TO AND FROM THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TO CITYLINK FIXED-ROUTE BUS SERVICE.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: NONE