A planned multiuse path on Paradise Drive in Corte Madera is one of 21 Marin County projects included in a draft regional transportation plan that would distribute roughly $200 million over four years.

The public has until Saturday, August 15, to submit comments before the Metropolitan Transportation Commission votes on the proposal.

The path would create a separated route for cyclists and pedestrians at the Tamalpais Drive/Paradise Drive interchange at U.S. 101, where no bicycle accommodations currently exist on the overcrossing. Pedestrians now navigate steep spiral ramps that are not ADA-compliant, connected by narrow sidewalks. The interchange sits between Corte Madera Town Center and The Village at Corte Madera on the west side of the freeway and Corte Madera Marsh State Marine Park on the east.

The project has already secured $2.19 million in federal One Bay Area Grant Cycle 3 funding, according to a Transportation Authority of Marin board memo from April 23. A separate TAM interchange study proposed a 14-foot multiuse path as the near-term concept, with a longer-term vision for a full bicycle and pedestrian structure connecting east and west Corte Madera across the highway.

The draft 2027 Transportation Improvement Program, or TIP, is part of a nine-county Bay Area plan distributing more than $13.8 billion across more than 400 projects through 2030, according to the Marin IJ. In Marin, the largest share is $106.8 million for highway projects, followed by $65.3 million for transit, $18.2 million for bicycle and pedestrian projects, and $5.3 million for local roads.

"For projects that have federal funds, the TIP is really important," Anne Richman, executive director of the Transportation Authority of Marin, told the Marin IJ. "It's a federal requirement, and a project needs to be included in the plan in order to access their funds."

The TIP updates every two years. Projects with federal funding must appear in the plan to receive those dollars.

Other Marin projects in the draft include the Center Boulevard Bridge replacement in San Anselmo, a bicycle-pedestrian crossing at San Rafael Creek, bus facility improvements at Marin Transit's Rush Landing Road center in Novato, and relocation of the San Rafael Transit Center.

MTC's Programming and Allocations Committee is expected to take up the plan on Wednesday, August 12. Comments can be emailed to [email protected] with "2027 TIP Update" in the subject line, or mailed to Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Attn: Public Information Office, 375 Beale St., Suite 800, San Francisco, CA 94105. Draft documents are available at mtc.ca.gov.