Part 3 of report: New & improved bike/ped facilities--Cape Coral

This week BikeWalkLee released a comprehensive report on new and improved bike/ped facilities throughout Lee County.  The first part was an overview of the entire county.  In this part (Blog post #3), the report focuses on Cape Coral.  Click here to read the full report.

CAPE CORAL

(Exhibit  from Lee MPO Countywide Bicycle Pedestrian Master Plan, adopted May 2011 (2010 data )

Note:  bike/ped facilities are shown in linear miles vs. lane miles and only include arterial and collectors.

New and improved bike/ped facilities on all public roadways in Cape Coral: 2011-13

(in lane miles, i.e., both sides of bike lanes and sidewalks are counted)

Year	New Wayfinding (2 sides)	Conver. to bike lanes (2 sides)	New on-road bike facil . (2 sides )	New shared use paths	New sidewalks (both sides counted)	Improved bike/ped (e.g. widened)
2011				4.0	24.0
2012			4.4		3.6
2011 & 2012 actual			4.4	4.0	27.6
2013 planned		4.8	3.9		7.0
3 yr total		4.8	8.3	4.0	34.6

Projects completed in 2012:

Completed Bike Lanes FY 2012:  (4.4 lane miles)

• Beach Pkwy/from Agualinda Pkwy to Oasis Blvd (both directions) 1.6 lane miles

                Agualinda/from Cape Coral Pkwy to Beach Pkwy (both directions) 2.8 lane miles

                See Feb.7th blog post on 2 bike lane projects.

               

Completed Sidewalks FY 2012:  (3.6 miles total)

• SE 8^th St/from Cultural Park Blvd to Santa Barbara Blvd (north side) 1 lane mile (1 side)
• (Mariner Schools) Chiquita Blvd/from existing sidewalk to Tropicana Pkwy (east side) 0.25 lane miles (1 side)
• (Mariner Schools) Tropicana Pkwy/from Chiquita Blvd to the end of the school property (south side) 0.33 lane miles (1 side).  See March 2nd blog post about these sidewalk projects.              
• NE 10 St/Cultural Park Blvd to Country Club (both sides) and missing links by SE 9^th Av and SE 9^th Place. 2 lane miles (2 sides) (to be completed Oct. 2012)

Projects to be completed in 2013

• Sidewalks on Savona Pkwy/from Chiquita Blvd to Agualinda Blvd (2 sides) 2.5 lane miles
• Sidewalks on Bolado Pkwy/ from Del Prado Blvd to SE 20th Ct (2 sides) 4.48 lane miles
• Bike lanes on Pine Island Road from W of Santa Barbara Blvd to west of Del Prado Blvd: Bicycle keyholes will be installed next to auxiliary lanes. In addition, existing paved shoulders will be converted to marked and signed bike lanes (4.784 lane miles).  (FDOT project)
• Bike lanes on Pine Island Road from Burnt Store Road to Chiquita Blvd: Bike lanes and bicycle keyholes will be installed as part of the 4-lane widening FDOT project (3.88 lane miles). (FDOT project).
• A long-awaited traffic signal will be installed at the Del Prado Blvd. and 3rd Terrace intersection by Cape Coral's Burton Park in early 2013.  This is where 13-year old Ryan Santos was killed while crossing the street on his bike in 2010.   Click here to read BikeWalkLee's May 16th blog story.