I don't get it. Isn't there already a city on-street route from Cottage Grove to Buckeye? Or would this one end at a different intersection with Buckeye?
---- Michael Rewey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >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 _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
