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Alleys, Bike Lanes, Culverts, Bridges <br /> Description of the function: <br /> There are several functions that are very minor expenditures or are not done at all. They <br /> are listed here only to show what is not included in the Eugene Road fund and how. other <br /> cities deal with those same services. <br /> ~ Comparison to others: <br /> Only Fort Collins spends some city funds on the maintenance of alleys.. Vancouver <br /> i eliminated gravel alley grading last year as a budget cutting measure. <br /> j Bikeway maintenance is usually divided between public rights of way and off-road trails. <br /> The latter bikeways are budgeted in the Parks department in all the cities surveyed. Costs <br /> for sweeping of bike lanes are not separated from roadway sweeping in any of the <br /> surveyed cities. <br /> i <br /> j Culverts are maintained by the drainage utility in Eugene and in other cities as well. <br /> Bridge inspections are generally contracted out and done routinely by all the cities <br /> surveyed but none of them had enough bridges and therefore enough bridge maintenance <br /> activity to separate it from general street maintenance. <br /> Cost Factor Analysis: <br /> Maintenance of bike lanes consists of sweeping and refreshing the bike logos. Because <br /> sweeping is charged elsewhere, there is no additional cost to the road fund for bike lane <br /> maintenance except for repainting logos which is not separately accounted for and is not <br /> a significant cost item.. <br /> <br /> 1 Contracting Options:. <br /> Bridge inspections can be done by private engineers or by another agency with a large <br /> enough of a bridge responsibility to justify full-time staff for this service. <br /> i <br /> ~ Efficiency Opportunities: <br /> Not analyzed. <br /> 28 <br /> <br />