New bike path to open at Berkeley Marina

http://www.dailycal.org/2012/08/02/new-bike-path-to-open-at-berkeley-marina/

The city of Berkeley began construction last week of a new bike path extending through the Berkeley Marina, a project that has been in the making for more than eight years in order to create a safer cycling environment in the area.

With a budget of $2 million in federal grants, the path will link the existing bicycle and pedestrian bridge that crosses the Interstate 80 to the Berkeley Marina as an extension of the San Francisco Bay Trail.

The extension’s first segment will run from the Bay Trail’s main loop at the intersection of University Avenue and West Frontage Road to a new bridge spanning the Strawberry Creek inlet and down the south side of University, according to the Berkeley City Council recommendation. The completed project will loop around HS Lordships Restaurant and end at the Berkeley Yacht Club in the northwest corner of the peninsula.