--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Michael D. Barrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Many dozens of people -- including reps from most nearby neighborhood associations -- showed up to register their disgust with the E. Wash plan during the Environmental Assessment public comment period. Approximately 1 individual registered support. The DNR's John Roth, who work in the Bureau of Air Management, is quoted in yesterday's Cap Times as saying the Sierra Club was the only organization to submit objections or comments on the plan. ???
Incidentally, the issue of the negative public health impacts upon asthmatics as well as adults and children living in the vicinity of high traffic volume roads being expanded to accommodate more fossil fuel burning motorized vehicles (cars) was the very issue I reported to the Wisconsin DOT at its final State Highway 2020 Plan Advisory Committee meeting back in November 1999, before the state DOT decided to greatly expand the capacity of the most of the state highway system back in February 2000. A month later after the meeting, I was ordered by the DNR secretary and my supervisor at the time to refrain from talking about the issue of transportation and the environment, at the same time that my duties were changed at the DNR to work on matters other than those related to transportation and the environment. It seems as if things still haven't changed much at the WDNR, concerning the state's view of the seriousness of the known adverse health public impacts of continuing to accommodate ever increasing volumes of traffic on its state highway system. And now there's also global warming to worry about, of which the State of Wisconsin's heavy investment in infrastructure and tourism promotion aimed at accommodating and encouraging an ever increasing public demand for automobile, truck and airplane travel is no small contributor to. Concerning the U.S. Highway 151/East Washington Avenue project, I see that the Wis. State Journal is reporting today that Sun Prairie is "the fastest growing city in the state now. One has to wonder how many of those Sun Prairiens commute to Madison to work every day, most of them using East Washington Avenue, in all probability. I also read in the WSJ that families who have lived in Sun Prairie for a number of years are now moving to Columbus to escape the high traffic, property tax and price of living in Sun Prairie. Soon Dane County might be able to boast of having an inner and outer ring of urban commuters, just like the really big cities in the country have now. It can then put up signs throughout the county, saying: "Walk and Bicycle at Your Own Risk -- neither the State of Wisconsin nor Dane County will be responsible for any injury or health-related problem associated with travel in the County of Dane by means other than motorized automobiles." Mike http://danenet.danenet.org/bcp/shp.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ClimateArchive/message/229 ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
