The Bikeway Plan; April 1979-County of Hawaii

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r COSTS The length of the proposed Hawaii County bikeway system is approximately 44 miles. 1 es . The type and location of specific bikeways is provided in appendix, Bikeways for Hilo and Kailua. From Bik2plan Hawaii, the derived unit cost per mile for most types of bikeways was calculated and is as followsoo Bike route (urban) Bike route (rural) S 2,000 1, 000 Bike lane (shoulder paving) 571000 Bike lane ion existing shoulder) 8r600 Bike path 350,000 Using these construction cost figures, roughly $280.,000 is needed for county bikeways within Phase I. It should be noted that Bike plan Hawaii does not provide construction cost estimates for a bike /walk path. As such, to compute the cost of Phase I. the cost per mile of (urban) bike route, $2,000, was also used for the bike /walk path. Construction cost estimates are based on 1977 cost factors and do not include escalation factors or additional rights -of- way acquisition costs, utility relocation costs inherent to city street widening, or major structural costs for bridge widening due to the prohibitive nature of these costs, The comprehensiveness of the Hawaii County bikeway system prevents its total construction at the present time. Lack of data, funding and public acceptance regarding the safety and usage of individual bikeways and the bikeway system on the whole makes it extremely difficult to evaluate bikeways objectively. Therefore, bikeways within Phase I should serve as a demonstra- tion phase during which evaluation can take place. In such a manner, the needed knowledge and experience for application to future bikeway construction may be gained. 44_