STARKVILLE, MS

Transportation Alternatives program spurs multimodal growth

The City of Starkville contracted with Neel-Schaffer to provide design and construction engineering & inspection services for a 1.7-mile, 10-foot wide multiuse path that connects a popular youth sports complex, McKee Park, with three schools and surrounding neighborhoods.

The Lynn Lane path travels east to Loxley Way, where it now connects to a new path that extensds and connect pedestrians and cyclists to the campus of Mississippi State University, which is near Loxley.

The project was funded through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Transportation Alternatives program, which is administered by the Mississippi Department of Transportation’s Local Public Agency program. MDOT provided $1,262,372.

The project was more than 10 years in the making, with a community volunteer program, ‘Starkville in Motion,’ receiving the original $10,000 grant to fund a bike path study.

Saunders Ramsey, PE, former Engineer Manager for Neel-Schaffer’s Starkville office, said bringing more multimodal transportation options to a college town is one of many ways Neel-Schaffer help the community. “It’s not just asphalt and concrete,” Ramsey said. “We’ve impacted people’s lives in a positive way.”