I just found this out yesterday, and plan to take PD to task for this as well. My understanding is the person who did this does not ride his bike in this area very often, if at all. For anyone who likes to ride in eastern Dane County, getting a paved path out to Cottage Grove is crucial. The sooner the better. I believe this leg is only to get it to Buckeye Road from CGR. Nonetheless it is necessary and shame on PD for saying there is no "demonstrated need," when we have been demonstrating the need for years.
> > From: "Craig Hadley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/11/11 Fri PM 02:46:50 GMT > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [Bikies] RE: Good turnout! > > <... Who: You > What: Progressive Dane's Transportation Task Force > Where: Ground Zero Coffee Shop (700 block of Willy St) > When: 7 PM TOMORROW, Thursday, 10 November > Why: Keep our transportation system SANE! > Mike Barrett > 245-1059...> > > Hello, > > I have been following this list for months but this is my first post. > > Maybe I'm wrong again but isn't this the same PD that proposed slashing > $530,000 for the Capital City Bike Trail out of Mayor's capitol budget? > > http://www.prodane.org/in_the_news/pdf/cap_budget_changes.pdf > > Does PD think that the funding got in the Mayor's budget by happenstance? Or > was it because long time bike and "far" east side activists have been > pushing for YEARS to make their neighborhoods a safer place to bike in and > through? Maybe PD doesn't want to see the Capitol City Trail connect up with > the Glacial Drumlin Trail in Cottage Grove, but I would (and before my 2 > year graduates from college). > > The "wait till later when federal funds are available" argument can be made > about many capitol projects. It was even tried as a way to halt the proposed > upcoming work on the Cottage Grove Rd. bridge over I94/39 which adds bike > lanes and a sidewalk and re-paves the current two lane span. That argument > went something like "wait until the supporting columns need replacing in 10 > or 15 years and feds might add in another two lanes and pay for all of it". > > Sorry if I posted this to the wrong list. This is the bikes list and not the > "Madison Metro" list right? > > Regards, > Craig > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
