Manayunk Trail Bridge Presentation

Manayunk Trail Bridge
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Project Update
Background
Funding
Timeline
Maintenance Agreement
Recommendation
Background
• Township has worked to extend the CHT
across the Manayunk Bridge into Philadelphia
with:
– City of Philadelphia
– Montgomery County
– Manayunk Development Corp. (MDC)
– PennDOT
– Septa
– DVRPC
Background
• Manayunk Bridge Trail viewed by regional
funders as necessary link to creating a
continuous, paved trail from Philadelphia to
Valley Forge and beyond (Schuylkill River TrailSRT).
• Lower Merion section of the trail would bypass Manayunk by utilizing the Manayunk and
Pencoyd bridges and the CHT.
Background
• Township awarded $40,000 DVRPC planning grant
to determine feasibility of linking the two bridges
via a trail through the steeply sloped Connelly
property.
• In 2012 Lower Merion negotiated an amendment
to its lease with Septa for the CHT to extend the
trail approximately one-third mile across the
surface of the Manayunk Bridge.
Background
• As with original lease and two previous
amendments, ultimate responsibility for the trail
rests with the Township.
• In 2012 Philadelphia negotiated its own lease
agreement with Septa for the Ivy Ridge Trail, that
will link to the Manayunk Bridge and the SRT.
• City also agreed to re-allocate $1.3 million in PCTI
Funds that were awarded to the City for the trail’s
construction.
Background
• DVRPC and William Penn Foundation awarded
MDC $450,000 for the completion of design and
construction documents for the bridge trail.
• In 2012, representatives from many agencies
worked with DVRPC, MDC and the consulting
team of Whitman, Requardt & Associates to
develop the design and construction documents.
Background
• Manayunk Bridge Trail Partners:
– Lower Merion
– Philadelphia
– MDC
– Septa
– DVRPC
– PA Bicycle Coalition
– PA Environmental Council
Funding
• $1.3 M – Philadelphia (PennDOT PCTI)
$1.1 M – Philadelphia (PennDOT PCTI)
$0.5 M – Lower Merion (DCNR)
$.25 M – Lower Merion (Capital)
$.20 M – Montgomery County (CMAQ)
----------------------------------------------------------------$3.35 M – Committed
$3.60 M – Estimated necessary to advertise
Funding
• $250,000 Funding gap
$190,000 construction
$60,000 – construction inspection
• City of Philadelphia applying for $250,000
DVRPC Regional Trails grant to make up
funding gap.
• June 2013: Award notification
Project Schedule
• June 2013: Upon notice of grant award;
project will proceed.
• Construction anticipated to begin in late 2013
and will extend into 2014.
Maintenance Agreement
• Concurrent with the design process, the
Township and the City worked together to
develop a joint agreement for shared
maintenance of the trail once completed.
• Township’s goal:
– Keep maintenance responsibilities and tasks
consistent with those currently performed on the
CHT.
Maintenance Agreement
• Term of agreement the same as CHT lease
(initially 30 years).
• Identifies various tasks and responsibilities and
the party responsible for completing them.
• Requires both parties to jointly:
– Conduct annual inspection of the bridge trail
– Complete annual review of agreement
– Maintain maintenance records for five years
Tasks & Responsibilities
Lower Merion
Philadelphia
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• Daily opening and
closing of gates
• Railing repairs
• Trail surface repairs
• Unanticipated repairsShared
• Significant repairs /
improvements - Shared
Signage
Trash collection
Graffiti removal
Unanticipated repairsShared
• Significant repairs /
improvements- Shared
Tasks & Responsibilities
• In 2012, staff estimates 200 man hours (25 days)
collecting trash, cleaning graffiti along CHT.
• 500 man hours (63 days) to complete other
maintenance activities, including, but not limited
to:
– Lock and gate repairs
– Material delivery, debris and brush collection in
support of workdays
– Trail repairs
– Herbicide applications
Tasks & Responsibilities
• Labor estimates do not include mowing, which
was completed by County Prison work crews
and community service workers.
• Once bridge trail is open, estimate trash
collection will add approximately 15 – 30
minutes per collection.
Tasks & Responsibilities
• Graffiti has become more of a concern on CHT.
• P & R working with Police and FOCHT to address issue.
• Estimate 2 employees @ 1 day per month to remove
graffiti on entire trail, including the bridge.
• These are estimates…until the trail is open, cannot
know the full impact on P & R’s operation.
• Bridge trail was designed with maintenance in mind.
Recommendation
• Recommend that Board of Commissioners
authorize execution of this agreement.
• Maintenance agreement a necessary part of
PUC review.
• PUC review must be completed before project
can proceed.
End of Presentation