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I <br />estimated $850,000 (including the permanent bridge spanning the floodplain as a <br />substantial part of the cost). If the permanent trail could be a natural or fine <br />gravel surface instead, this could reduce the cost. There may also be some <br />potential for community or volunteer assistance in this project, although at a <br />considerably lesser degree than the interim trail option. <br />Park benches and trash receptacles placed along the route would add to the cost <br />— but these are not substantial costs and may be accomplished for less than <br />$10,000. <br />Note: With the installation of the sewer line and the possible willingness of the <br />Town to consider a greenway in the sewer easement, an opportunity now exists <br />to revisit whether the "redline" trail and a greenway trail inside the sewer <br />easement are both needed, or whether one will suffice. <br />Preliminary conversations with OWASA staff indicate the potential for location of <br />the trail within the sewer easement, pending further discussion, with the <br />understanding that provision for repairs to the sewer line will be needed .- which <br />could impact or damage the trail. <br />,Key Issues, Questions and Potential Benefits <br />There are three basic issue categories that must be addressed to implement this <br />idea: <br />1. Connection/Parking Issues <br />2. Cost/Town Approval Issues <br />3. Operation, Maintenance, Security and Safety Issues. <br />Questions /Issues <br />Lack of Connection to South/Parking — The County's Twin Creeks property <br />does not connect to Lake Hogan Farms. Any trail would need to traverse and <br />have the legal agreement of other properties (as shown on the attached map). <br />The Town of Carrboro indicates they are currently engaged in greenway planning <br />that could result in discussions with these property owners, but the timing of this <br />is not currently known. Until there is legal access and a trail on one of these <br />properties, any trail built on the County's land would terminate onto private <br />property and not connect to the south. A possible interim solution could <br />involve a looped end to the trail at the southern end of the Twin Creeks site, <br />where benches and perhaps signage might be situated, with trail users then <br />returning to Morris Grove School along the trail. It is assumed that any parking <br />needed for the trail use would come from the school parking lot. <br />Cost /Town Approval Issues -- Sufficient funding may exist to construct the <br />linear park as a 10 -foot paved trail with span pedestrian bridge on the Twin <br />