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multimodal options and facilitate greater use of bicycling to access the Seashore withoutrequiring reliance on automobiles.Preliminary Design Concepts – On-roadway improvements and accommodationsare needed to provide direct, comfortable bicycle routes and safe roadway crossings.Shoulder widening, pavement markings, signage, intersection enhancements, and othersafety countermeasures will provide bicyclists with wayfinding along a convenient andcomfortable route for cyclists of varying abilities.Cost Estimate – On-road improvements, unit costs per mile:• Signing and striping – $10,560.00• Widening to add shoulders/bike lanes – $501,600.00Assumes adding shoulders, signs, and pavement markings along both sides of the road.Recommendations for Implementation – Due to the limited roads that willprovide access to the Province Lands Bicycle Trail via Race Point Road several routingoptions should be established and existing conditions evaluated. Needed improvementsshould be determined and the most feasible route chosen for improvements.Coordination with Project 5.3.2, the proposed path linking Herring Cove’s parkingfacilities with Race Point Road, will ensure that intersection improvements and logicalconnections between this on-road route and the proposed provide a continuous andintegrated network linking Provincetown with the Seashore destinations. Coordinationwith Provincetown will be needed.Project 5.3.13 Connect Province Lands Bicycle Trail and Head of theMeadow TrailProject Description – The 7.6-mile Province Lands Bicycle Trail and the 2-mile Headof the Meadow Trail, two of the Seashore’s most popular trails, lie approximately fourmiles apart on the Outer <strong>Cape</strong>. Currently the trails are not accessible from one anotherother than by transiting along Route 6. Though an alignment for a separate trail linkingthese two trails is desirable the dunes and other sensitive features make that difficult toachieve. Use of existing roads, paved or unpaved, is likely needed for at least part of thealignment. Connection of the two trails would reduce the need to access both trails byautomobile, thereby helping to ease congestion and parking demand. If done inconjunction with proposed improvements to link the Province Lands Bicycle Trail withthe commercial and residential center of Provincetown access throughout this region ofthe Seashore has the potential to significantly reduce reliance on automobiles for accessto these Seashore trails.Preliminary Design Concepts – The design concepts are subject to determination ofa feasible alignment to connect the two trails. Likely consisting of both on-road andshared-use path connections, the designs will need to consider the appropriate elementsfor the context in which the routing takes place. If Route 6 is chosen appropriate<strong>Cape</strong> <strong>Cod</strong> <strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> | August 2011Chapter 5: Bike & PedestrianPage 427

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