1. City Council
September 17, 2013

2. 19th Street Sidewalks

3. 19th Street Sidewalks
• Relatively heavy pedestrian traffic
• Worn path on south side
• on private property
• Existing sidewalk
• very limited on south side
• none on north side
• Crosswalks across 19th St.
• Brown Street
• Bryant Blvd.
• School Zone

4. 19th Street Sidewalks - Challenges
• Rights-of-Way
• North side has no additional ROW – the property line is
at the back of the curb
• South side has approximately 2’ of ROW
• 10 feet of ROW appropriate for a
5-foot-wide sidewalk

5. 19th Street Sidewalks - Challenges
Trees
Power
Poles
Signs

6. 19th Street Sidewalks - Challenges
Fences
Mailboxes

7. 19th Street Sidewalks - Challenges
Also: planters, broken sidewalk, posts,
guy wires, landscaping, driveways, etc.

8. 19th Street Sidewalks - Cost
Side Basic
Cost
R-O-W Constructability Contingency General Cost
Estimate
North $93,300 $8,800 $93,300 10% $215,000
South $94,500 $5,300 $23,600 10% $136,000
Notes:
1. Estimated lengths: north side = 2,259 linear feet; south side = 2,332 linear feet
2. Basic Cost = basic cost of a 5’ sidewalk on unobstructed land with 8 curb ramps
3. R-O-W cost based on $23,100/acre (north) and $19,600/acre (south) average land
values from TGC Appraisal District
4. Constructability costs as percentages of basic cost, estimated based on type and number
of obstructions; (100% - north, 25% - south)