About 30 people at the Hayti Heritage Center got an update on plans to perk up the looks of Fayetteville Street Monday night — trees, shrubs, decorative paving, widened sidewalks, fresh paving, art and historical displays.
They also got a price: $33,288,500.
That would be spread out over a 10-year period, according to John Grossman, president of the E G & G consulting firm, which is working on plans for Fayetteville Street and four other inner-city commercial corridors.
But, he cautioned, since it will be at least two years before construction starts on any of them, 2009 cost estimates will have to be revised as time goes on.
Reaching two miles, from the Durham Freeway to Cornwallis Road, the Fayetteville Street project is by far the most costly of the five. Here are Grossman's other estimates:
Angier Avenue-Driver Street, 2,680 feet, $6,566,000;
East Main: 2,290 feet, $4,992,200;
Little Five Points: 2,390 feet, $5,855,500;
West Chapel Hill Street: 1,780 feet, $4,610,200;
Total: 20,040 feet, $55,312,000
Read more about the streetscape project in this Saturday's Durham News.
