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DRAFr <br /> Project Description <br /> • The City of Elk River owns an abandon north/south railway <br /> corridor in the central park of the City, and wishes to develop <br /> it into a pedestrian/bicycle trail that would connect two <br /> Junior High School campuses, an elementary school, an athletic <br /> complex, a City park, and several residential areas . <br /> On February 18, 1993, the City received a $50,000 grant award <br /> from the Department of Trade and Economic Development to <br /> develop an entrance road, parking area, and hard surfaced <br /> hiking/biking trails within the park that borders the abandon <br /> railroad trail. <br /> The connection of these two recreation areas will multiply the <br /> usage of each by providing a route to the park and a <br /> destination for the railroad trail . <br /> Qualifying Criteria <br /> 1. Projects which are eligible for enhancements funds as <br /> defined in 1991 Intermodal Surface Transportation <br /> Efficiency Act. <br /> Minnesota Group Number 3 : <br /> . Preservation of an abandon railway corridor and <br /> conversion and use these for pedestrian and bicycle <br /> trails . <br /> 2 . Projects with an assured local match of at least 20 <br /> percent of the estimated total costs of the proposed <br /> project. <br /> The proposed development of the railway corridor into <br /> a pedestrian/bicycle pathway includes 17,000 lineal <br /> feet of a 12 foot wide bituminous paved biking trail <br /> and 14,000 lineal feet of a paralleling trail, also <br /> 12 feet wide, made of Class 2 crushed rock, for use <br /> by hikers and horseback riders in the summer and <br /> cross-country skiers in the winter. <br /> The total development costs include: <br /> Cleaning and grubbing of trees and brush $ 2,500 <br /> Rough Grading 10,000 <br /> Fine Grading $ .25/Square Yard 5,675 <br /> Class Five Gravel Base 4" thick 5,000 <br /> ton @ $6 .00/ton 30,000 <br /> Bituminous Paving 2" Thick 2,500 ton <br /> @ $27 .50/ton 68,750 <br /> Class Two Crushed Rock 4" Thick 4, 100 <br /> • <br /> ton @ $14 .00/ton 57,400 <br /> Total Cost $174,325 <br />