Late last week the western and eastern ends of the Missing Link bike
path were paved. It's starting to look like a real path. Although the
bridges over Park and Murray Streets are completed, there remains
substantial work to be done on the central section of the path. The
completion target for the east and west ends of the path is now mid-November.
Unfortunately the central portion of the path between Murray and
Mills Streets is held up by the need to redesign a retaining wall near
Mills and by University utility work at Murray Street. Although the work
at Murray Street may be completed in November the central portion of the
path will not be completed until spring. According to City staff the
current target date for opening the completed path is mid-May of 2006.
For some pictures and update on the progress on the path visit:
http://www.lic.wisc.edu/users/jsc/bike/bike12a.htm#Oct2005
Also this week is the last chance to vote on a name for the new path.
Visit: http://www.lic.wisc.edu/users/jsc/bike/vote01.htm and cast your
vote. Next week I'll start lobbying city staff and local alders to apply
the most popular name to the new path. The current favorite is "Greenbush
Path" with "South Campus Path" a second. If you don't vote we may end up
with a name as euphonic as the "The Northeast Trending Extension of the
Southwest Path Extended".
Thanks for all the support for this path. I certainly look forward to
using it even if we have to slog through another winter to get there.
john
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John Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 608-256-8164
413 S. Dickinson St. Madison, WI 53703
Visit my "Bike Page" <http://www.lic.wisc.edu/bike.htm>
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