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3.2.2 HANS BROGES GADE
Hans Broges Gade is located in the Aarhus` inner city
ring, in a dense neighbourhood composed by block structures
up to five stories high from the early 20th century.
The neighbourhood is on outskirts of the city and the majority
of its buildings has residential use. However some
buildings have mixed use where shops and offices are
located in the ground floor.
In this scenario, the street functions as an important link
between the suburbs and the core of the city. Moreover
there is a pedestrian life from mostly local residents that
use the local commerce.
The purpose of the intervention at Hans Broges Gade
was to improve a bicycle route connecting southern suburbs
of Holme to the centre of the city to become one of
seven main bicycle corridors of the bicycle network plan.
BEFORE AND AFTER
Hans Broges Gade used to be a street with broad lanes
for motorized vehicles and car parking facilities in both directions
just next to the sidewalks. There were only bicycle
tracks at the beginning of the street in the side facing
Marcelis Boulevard for the first 100 meters. Along the rest
of the street, cyclists had to ride their bikes on the outside
of the rows of parked cars together motorized vehicles,
especially busses.
With long blocks of up to 150 metres, cyclists with their
bikes parked in the sidewalk had difficulty to access the
road because of the row of parked cars. During the field
observation several elderly residents mentioned it to be
unsafe to walk on the sidewalks because cyclists preferred
to ride their bikes on them, and consequently becoming
unsafe for the pedestrians.
In order to give space to implement bicycle tracks in both
directions of the street, one of the car parking rows was
removed.
THE COSTS OF HANS BROGES GADE
The construction work of Hans Broges Gade was conducted
between the 1st of December 2009 and the 15th
of July 2010. The construction was delayed for several
months due to a harsh winter and from road construction
diggings for reinstalling main cables.
Aarhus municipality hired the counting firm for Grontmij
Cal Bro to develop the project and manage the construction,
consulting engineers for project design and construction
management.
The overall cost of the project was 2,8 million Danish krones.
At the project end maintenance became part of regular
municipality maintenances with no costs specified.
After the opening, the maintenance costs of the infrastructure
were estimated by the municipalities assumption
costs and there is no information about specific costs.
Figure 3.2.9: Hans Broges Gade view before the intervention, in September 2009. Source: Google street view
Figure 3.2.10: Hans Broges Gade view after the intervention, in September 2010
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