Cost Consequences

Klingle Road remains a 90-foot right of way on the federal-aid system.  The District Division of Transportation under the District of Columbia Department of Public Works, is responsible for the maintenance of Klingle Road.  As a federal-aid road, Klingle Road qualifies for 80 percent federal funding.

The cost to repair Klingle Road to it's original alignment is $3.8M (see Berger figures below).  This is less than originally estimated ($5.5M) back in June 2000.  We will spend more than half that just to build a gravel utility road.  The $2M difference would build about 1,000 feet of street (less than a quarter mile). Repairing Klingle Road to its original alignment will benefit everyone.

Department of Public Works Response to the Questions Before the Committee of Public Works and the Environment, June 7, 2000:

QUESTION:  Please describe what weight the survey results have in DPW's final decision on Klingle Road?  What weight will cost factors carry?  What other factors will carry weight in the process?

ANSWER (by Director DPW):  "The Department of Publics Works is not conducting a survey as part of the study.  Cost will not be a major consideration in the development of the final recommendation.  Traffic, public safety and environmental impacts of the alternatives being considered will be the major elements guiding our recommendation.  However, the recommendations of the Department will be based on the traffic issues, environmental impacts of the alternatives as well as the concerns of the community."

QUESTION:  Provide an estimated timeline and cost estimate for implementing each option:

ANSWER:                                                               Implementation Schedule         COST