The trail you are referring to is called the Badger State Trail and extends south to the state line where it connects to a trail in Illinois. The City of Fitchburg and WisDNR applied for Federal Transportation Enhancement Program funding to pave the northern segment of the trail from Purcell Road to the junction of the Capital City Trail and Southwest Path. The project has a good chance of getting funded. If it is, it would be done in 2010. A committee set up by WisDOT determines which projects get funded. WisDOT asks MPOs to rank projects within their urban areas, which the committee considers in making its decisions. The Madison Area Transportation Planning Board - the MPO for the Madison Area - ranked the Badger State Trail #2 of 11 projects submitted. The #1 ranked project was the final phase of the Starkweather Creek path, including an overpass of Aberg Avenue, connecting it to the existing path to MATC. WisDOT will announce which projects are getting funded this funding cycle at the end of the summer.
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Troy Thiel Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Bikies] Southbound Trail to Monticello? Just wondering...any known date as to when the northernmost portion of that trail will be done...I haven't been on but had friends who did yesterday and thought it would be great...it would make sense to get it connected to Fitchburg asap. Troy Thiel
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