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<br />REACH COMMENTARY
<br />Sheets 12 and 13 of 23
<br />Station 1258+00 to 1068+00
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<br /> IV-7
<br /> COST ESTIMATE
<br />REACH 6: Cherry Creek to Franklin Street
<br /> Unit
<br /> Item Quant lty Cost Total
<br />A. Parks
<br /> 1. Washington St. Pocket Park 4.0 AC $40,000 $160,000.00
<br /> 2. Land Acquisition 4.0 AC 35,000 140,000.00 .
<br /> (Washington St. Pocket Park)
<br /> Subtotal: $300,000.00
<br />B. Trail s
<br /> 1. Hard Surface Trail 3.5 MI 200,000 700,000.00
<br /> Construction - opposite
<br /> bank
<br /> 2. Northwest Trail Connection 0.6 MI 200,000 120,000.00
<br /> (19th St. to 1-25)
<br /> 3. Right-of-way acquisition 10.3 AC 15,000 154,500.00
<br /> (opposite bank trail)
<br /> 4. Hard Surface Trail 0.4 MI 200,000 80,000.00
<br /> Construction (50th Ave.
<br /> to Franklin St.)
<br /> 5. Pedestrian Bridges 2 250,000 500,000.00
<br /> Subtota I : $1,554,500.00
<br />C. Boating
<br /> 1. Boat Landings 2 6,000 12,000.00
<br /> 2. Improve Boater Access 3 8,000 24,000.00
<br /> at existing Docks
<br /> Subtota I: $36,000.00
<br />O. Views/Landscaping
<br /> 1. Riverfront Park and 22.4 AC 36,000 806,400.00
<br /> Rockmont Park Landscaping
<br /> West Bank (trees, shrubs,
<br /> turf. and irrigation)
<br /> 2. Linear La-ndscape Planting .25 MI 21,000 5,250.00
<br /> from Riverfront Park to
<br /> Burlington-Northern Bridge
<br /> (east bank)
<br /> 3. Linear landscape Planting .50 MI 21,000 10,500.00
<br /> from Burlington-Northern
<br /> Bridge (3Bth St. to
<br /> Franklin Street)
<br /> Subtotal: $822,150.00
<br /> Total: $2,712,650.00
<br /> 30% Contingency: 813,795.00
<br /> TOTAL REACH 6: $3,526,445.00
<br />Reach 6: Annual 0 & M Cost
<br />Routine Maintenance
<br /> 1. Tra il Mowi ng 38,400 .36 13,B24.00
<br /> 2. Weed Control 38,400 .09 3,456.00
<br /> 3. Debris & Trash Removal 38,400 .50 19,200.00
<br /> 4. Trail Sweepi n9 38,400 .58 22,272.00
<br /> 5. Park Mowing 37 AC 480.00 17,760.00
<br /> $76,512.00
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<br />Reach Six -- Cherry Creek to Franklin
<br />Flood Control Alternative: Limited Structural Improvements and Floodplain
<br />Management
<br />Recreation Alternative: Limited Recreation Improvements
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<br />The major park opportunities in this section exist along the river's west
<br />bank, and they should be developed. An opposite-bank trail should be
<br />established through Riverfront Park north of 19th Street on the west bank
<br />with a pedestrian bridge connection to the east bank main trail.
<br />Riverfront Park itself should be developed for passive recreation use and
<br />improved wildlife habitat. As vacant land areas become available between
<br />Washi ngton Street and the ri ver, it is recommended they be obtai ned and
<br />converted to pocket park use.
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<br />Generally, river access needs to be improved throughout this reach. The
<br />trail connection to northwest Denver should be completed through the
<br />Rockmont Orive area and its landscape character improved. A short section
<br />of new trail between 50th Avenue and Franklin Street, together with a new
<br />pedestrian bridge crOSSing to the east, are also needed. Boating
<br />improvement recommendations for this area are relatively minor, but include
<br />a low-flow channel for continuous passage through the reach. Major
<br />relandscaping, native plantings and dense ground cover are suggested
<br />throughout this entire section for wildlife and aesthetic improvement.
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