A key section of a walking and biking route through downtown Lafayette will be financed with $3.7 million in state transportation funds, the city said.
The Aqueduct Pathway is part of the city’s plan to create a car-free network linking neighborhoods, local businesses and regional transit. Construction is expected to start in 2029.
The funds will close a critical gap in the pathway between Dolores Drive and the Lafayette BART station, the city said.
The Aqueduct Pathway will run within the existing East Bay Municipal Utility District corridor through Lafayette parallel to Mt. Diablo Boulevard, BART and state Highway 24.
The city is seeking federal funds to help build a segment east of Brown Avenue to Pleasant Hill Road. A segment between Risa Road and Dolores Drive opened in 2025.
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Good to know the bike path will be car free. However you need to name it to get funding. 🙂
The project web page that includes a map is at https://www.lovelafayette.org/city-hall/city-departments/engineering/transportation/walking-biking/aqueduct-pathway-study
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I am glad to see this as it will provide a path from Acalanes High school and that area to downtown Lafayette. Hopefully this path will be structured to allow for use by pedestrians and the electric motorcycles that are becoming popular with teenage boys in the area.
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I am puzzled by the upper-right corner of the map which is labeled “To Walnut Creek (via Canal Trail).”
The EBMUD pipeline runs through a tunnel under that runs deep under Acalanes Ridge. The Acalanes Ridge hillside is too steep for the average person on a bicycle and too steep for the casual person on a walk.
Well…. it might be as worthless as Newsom’s high speed rail but it’s a lot cheaper.
Seems like a lot of money for a 2 mile pedestrian path.
Why is it so expensive for such a short distance? Did any of this $3.7 million in state transportation funds come from the federal government?