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The section of the Hadrian's Cycleway connects Workington and Whitehaven.

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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Thats not a lot money for any piece of transport infrastructure.

[–] Schmuppes@lemmy.today 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Yeah. I'd say on average, we would maybe be able to construct a single new kilometer of cyclepath for that amount of money, not even including all those public administration man hours for several years before the construction crews do the actual digging and paving. It can cost significantly less if the terrain is flat and it's out in the open, but often enough more. For instance, when you need to purchase the land from someone, when you're crossing a river or a road, or when drainage is difficult to build.

I wonder how long that stretch is that cost 600k GBP.

Edit: 13 km (or 8 miles)? A lot of that cycleway must have existed already.