Willow Road Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Project
Project CPT022 · Public Works
Also identified in the budget as “Willow Rd Ped and Bicyl Safety Proj” (project code CPT022).
- Special Revenue Funds$9,900,000
- Transportation Impact Fees$9,900,000
Fees paid by new development to offset its traffic impact. Can only fund transportation projects in the City's nexus study.
Source: FY 2026–27 CIP, Fund 351 appropriation.
Mixed funding: City Transportation Impact Fees (Fund 351) is the primary committed source visible in the FY 2026-27 CIP detail, and the SMCTA Measure A&W Highway Program Grant partially funds design and partially funds construction (amount not publicly disclosed per the April 2025 Complete Streets Commission presentation). The City is continuing to seek additional grants to fully fund the construction phase. The April 2025 presentation puts the total project cost at $12.9 million ($1.6M design + $11.3M construction), which is $3 million higher than the $9.9 million currently appropriated in the FY 2028 CIP — that gap is logged as an open question.
- Category
- Capital Improvement Plan
- Department
- Public Works
- Spent FY 2023–25
- $789,119
- Budgeted FY 2026
- $1,450,000
- Estimated lifetime cost
- $9,900,000
›Budget labels for this project
Sources: City of Menlo Park OpenGov CIP detail, project code CPT022; resident-facing name shown here is “Willow Road Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Project”. The OpenGov summary label is “Willow Rd Ped and Bicyl Safety Proj”. Budget worksheet labeled “Willow Road Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Project”.
This project is connected to Willow Village — its scope was shaped, at least in part, by that development (a likely link, inferred from the public record).
- Estimated lifetime cost
- $9,900,000
- Secured (awarded, received, allocated)
- $9,900,000 + undisclosed
- Committed, not yet executed
- $0
- Pending application
- $0
- Anticipated (not yet applied for)
- Amount not disclosed
- Funding gap (not yet covered)
- $0
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The lifetime cost estimate is $9,900,000, from 5-year CIP plan total (sum of FY27-FY31 expense) — full lifetime cost NOT yet confirmed (May 30, 2026). Source: https://www.menlopark.gov/Government/Departments/Public-Works/Capital-improvement-projects/Willow-Road-Pedestrian-and-Bicycle-Safety-project. The funding gap is the estimated lifetime cost minus all funding that has not been lost, added up from the funding sources listed below. Year-by-year figures come from the City's adopted five-year capital plan.
Funding sources
Each source carries its own status and citation. Expand a row to see the conditions, dates, and source document. “Ongoing” sources are recurring formula funds; sources still being pursued show no dollar amount.
›Transportation Impact Fees (Fund 351)Allocated$9,900,000City of Menlo Park (city) · design and construction
Conditions: City-controlled discretionary capital funding source. Collected from developers under the City's transportation nexus study. Restricted to transportation infrastructure tied to that nexus.
The CIP appropriates the full $9.9M FY 2028 spend from Fund 351. This is the City's portion. The SMCTA Measure A&W grant amount, when confirmed, will offset this if the grant is received as reimbursement.
›SMCTA Measure A & W Highway Program GrantAwarded—SMC Transportation Authority (SMCTA) (regional) · design and construction (partial)
Conditions: Partial funding for both design ($1.6M phase total) and construction ($11.3M phase total). Specific dollar amount not disclosed in public materials.
Award amount is not publicly disclosed. Render as "Amount not disclosed" on the project page, not "$0."
›Additional grant pursuit — construction phaseAnticipated—Various federal, state, regional programs (mixed) · construction
Conditions: Per April 2025 CSC presentation: "Staff is continuing to seek grant opportunities to fully fund Construction Phase." Likely targets include the California Active Transportation Program (ATP), OBAG-3 / OBAG-4 regional allocations, and federal Safe Routes funding.
Captures the City's explicit statement that construction-phase funding is incomplete.
Spending by year
Past years are recorded actuals from the City's general ledger. FY 2026 is the adopted current-year budget. FY 2027 through FY 2031 is what the five-year Capital Improvement Plan proposes to spend.
›Where the money went, line by line
| Year | Fund | Category | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY 24 | Special Revenue Funds | Services | $170,395 |
| FY 25 | Special Revenue Funds | Services | $618,724 |
| FY 26 | Special Revenue Funds | Fixed Assets & Capital Outlay | $1,450,000 |
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Past years are summed from gl_transactions for this project. FY 2026 is the adopted current-year budget for the project. FY 2027 through FY 2031 is what the City's adopted five-year CIP proposes to spend, taken from cip_projects.
Council actions
No Council actions are linked to CPT022 yet. As decisions tied to this project are added to the database, they will appear here.