Modesto’s Economic Development Committee approved a $14.6 million contract on Monday to improve the Ninth Street corridor between Carpenter Road and L Street.
The contract would be awarded to Hughson-based United Pavement Maintenance, which will install three roundabouts and a 2-mile-long bicycle trail with landscaping, which would connect to the Virginia Corridor Trail.
These upgrades are part of a series of approved plans aimed at making Modesto more bicycle and pedestrian friendly while also bringing a lot of the city’s infrastructure up to current standards. This is particularly true for downtown, where the city hopes projects such as a soccer stadium will revitalize the area…