Feds to assist B.R. in greenway design

Baton Rouge has been selected as one of five cities to receive technical assistance through the federal government’s Greening America’s Capitals project, the DDD announced today. Baton Rouge will receive help in planning what’s called the “Downtown Greenway,” which will connect LSU to downtown through a 2.75-mile pedestrian and bicycling corridor that links neighborhoods to parks, businesses and cultural attractions. The Greening America’s Capitals project will “create design options that incorporate green infrastructure elements into the greenway plan to ensure that the city’s investment creates green spaces that provide environmental benefits while sparking new investments and redevelopment in the city’s core,” the DDD says. To view the funding matrix for the $3 million project, click here. Greening America’s Capitals is a project of the Partnership for Sustainable Communities between the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the U.S. Department of Transportation.