>From Tony Fernandez
All, As most of you knowyouknow, the City has been trying, unsuccessfully since early-2007 to acquire the needed property from Union Pacific Railroad toconstruct the extension of the Capital City Trail from Cottage Grove Road to Buckeye Road. CityEngineering is looking at an alternate route for bicycles and pedestrians that will achieve some of the goals of the original project, until such time as we are able to acquire the railroad easements. The interim route would be on-street from Cottage Grove Road to Acewood Park, using Vernon Avenue and Leo Drive. From there it would become a paved path extending south through the park to an existing pedestrian easement connecting to the end of Deerwood Drive. From Deerwood it would continue back to the rail corridor and then south to Buckeye Road via two other existing pedestrian easements. We will be holding a public neighborhood meeting to present the plan, answer questions about the proposed design, obtain neighborhoodinput and discussconcerns. We have mailed a meeting invitation to about 50 adjacent residences andindustrial /commercial properties.This email is going to City and WDNRstaff, elected officials, neighborhood representatives and other stakeholders. Please join us for the meetingand please inform others you know who may be interested. The meeting will beheld on: Thursday, July 17, 2008 from 6:30 to 8:00 PM Pinney Branch Library, 204 Cottage Grove Road It will follow an open-house format, with staff present to answer questions. There will be a brief presentation at about 6:45 PM followed byquestions or individual discussions. A copy of the notice to residents is attachedFYI.Feel free to write or call me before or after the meeting with questions. Tony Fernandez [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: 608-266-9219 fax: 608-264-9275 ------- End of forwarded message ------- _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
