The town should have had asked for a highway over I-43 instead of a bike path bridge. Maybe they (the Town of Grafton) could have gotten by much cheaper?
Mike Neuman VMT Reduction: An Environmentally and Economically Sustainable Method of Eliminating Highway Congestion http://www.danenet.org/bcp2006/trans/neuman_vmt.html ------------------------------------ Ozaukee board OKs bicycle bridge plan Port Washington - A plan to spend $560,000 in federal highway funds to build a 430-foot-long bicycle bridge over I-43 has won narrow approval from the Ozaukee County Board. Wednesday's 16-14 vote means construction of the bridge in the Town of Grafton likely will begin next year, officials said. The cost of the project has risen to about $1.9 million, up from the 2005 estimate of $1.2 million. Construction was to start last summer but stalled after state and federal officials said the bridge was a sidewalk and, therefore, required to meet more stringent, and costly, design standards. Almost $400,000 in private donations has been raised to help pay for the project. State and federal grants are being used to fund the rest of the project. The bridge is part of a project that would replace about 2 miles of the Ozaukee Interurban Trail bicycle path that follows roads in the Town of Grafton with 1.3 miles of off-road trail. The 30-mile paved trail follows the route of the old Interurban railway from the Ozaukee- Milwaukee county line north to Sheboygan County. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
