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Holcomb Bridge Middle School Sidewalk Project
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Action Required:
Guidance
Description:
The Holcomb Bridge Middle School Sidewalk is part of our sidewalk connectivity program. This project currently includes filling all sidewalk gaps along both sides of Holcomb Bridge Road with five foot wide concrete sidewalks. The project limits encompass a ½ mile radius of the Holcomb Bridge Middle School, which is located just north of the Horseshoe Bend Subdivision. The cost estimate to complete this project is estimated at $450,000 for both sides of the road. This cost includes ROW needed and Construction costs.
Based on the recent success of the Fouts-Steeplechase Trail, the staff received comments that we might want to consider extending the trail so that it eventually provides bike and pedestrian connectivity to Garrard Landing. Since we are currently acquiring ROW and do not want to do this twice, staff is looking at three options.
One option is to stay with the original plan of a five-foot sidewalk on the south side. This would accommodate pedestrians, but technically not bicycles. The cost is $250,000 of the $450,000 total estimate.
The second option is to change from five-foot to an eight -foot wide multi-purpose trail from Steeplechase Drive to South Holcomb Bridge Way. This would include removing the existing sidewalk and adding the eight foot multi-purpose trail that would minimally accommodate both pedestrians and bicycles. The cost estimate for just the south side of the road is $720,000, or an increase of $470,000.
The third option is to provide a ten-foot wide multi-purpose trail from Steeplechase Dr to South Holcomb Bridge Way along the south side of the road. This would again include removing any existing sidewalk and replacing it with a ten-foot multi-purpose trail for an estimated cost of $1,104,000, or an increase of $854,000.
Please see attached graphic of the three concepts.
Comments:
Staff is looking for guidance on which option to pr...
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