The cost to widen a road for bike lanes is greater than just the proportion of pavement as the road bed has to be widened whereas the existing road doesn't require the replacement of the road bed. Also, the road side ditches have to be excavated beyond their current location and new turf established. Bridges and storm sewers need to be widened beneath the roadbed and the storm water culverts for driveways have to be relocated. I suspect that the County Transportation Engineers have estimated the costs quite closely and I am not surprised by the cost increase.
Steve Hiniker doesn't include the developer's contribution for local roads, which is generally 100%. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of burleigh chorus.net Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:36 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Bikies] County Highway KP Al, thats great to hear. Unfortunately, the Town of Middleton is waffling on bike lanes on Old Sauk Road: http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt_and_politics/article_b3533244-507 e-11df-bb09-001cc4c03286.html Does it really cost 50% more money to add 25% more width to a road? Anyway, Ivey hits on the real problem here: "Hiniker says most drivers assume the taxes on gasoline cover the expense to build and maintain roads. But he notes the state's transportation fund - which is basically the gas tax combined with vehicle registration fees - provides only 60 percent of local road funding. The rest falls to property taxpayers." On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 11:55 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: Greetings fellow bikies: Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk sent out a letter I thought you'd be interested in. County Highway KP, a favorite route for bicycling in west/northwestern Dane County, is scheduled for reconstruction. Two elected officials from the Town of Black Earth expressed interest in having a bike lane/shoulder included in the construction project. The County Executive's office agreed to make this addition, and noted a price tag of $600K. -- .......... -darin
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