Connecting Tecopa
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An Afternoon in Tecopa With the Inyo County Board of Supervisors
There is a worn path carved out by the county officials traveling four hours southeast of Bishop on the long road down through the northern Mojave, where the scale of Inyo County becomes visceral rather than statistical. The mountains recede. The highway narrows in the imagination if not on the map. The communities grow smaller…
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Connecting Tecopa Moves Into Design Phase as Inyo Supervisors Return to Southeast County
Tecopa’s long-discussed bicycle and pedestrian corridor is poised to take its biggest formal step yet Tuesday, when the Inyo County Board of Supervisors meets in Tecopa and considers a contract that would move the project from concept into environmental review, right-of-way work and construction-ready design. The Board is scheduled to consider an agreement with Dokken…
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Connecting Tecopa: First Sidewalks on the Horizon as Corridor Plan Moves Forward
Tecopa has never really been on the way to anywhere. Tucked at the end of long desert drives, it is a place people reach deliberately, not by accident. But a long-planned bicycle and pedestrian corridor now moving into its design stage could soon make the town itself part of a route — a safer path…
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Commission Approves $7.8M Active Transportation Corridor Project for Tecopa
The California Transportation Commission (CTC) has officially approved the Active Transportation Program staff recommendations for the Connecting Tecopa: Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Corridor project, a significant initiative aimed at improving transportation safety in the rural communities of Tecopa and Tecopa Hot Springs by establishing bicycle lanes and sidewalks. The approved project will establish a 2.9-mile active transportation…