There were some issues that made the northern piece a bit more of a challenge, so that is one reason the piece linking to the Cap City Trail wasn't done right away. Also, because some of it was in other counties, the DOT (transportation enhancement funds) and DNR (recreational trails funds) like to spread the money around.
That last part is more of a guess on my part, but I do know that each area of the state -city, county, metropolitan area - has to rate their most important projects. Madison and Dane County both have far more good projects than available funds. As a matter of fact, our area probably could easily use ALL the transportation enhancement funding in the entire state. This is why advocates are comstantly trying to get more than a few crumbs from the federal and state legislators. All the enhancement funding for the bienium, for the whole state, amounts to a rounding error on one highway project. The new federal transportation bill is up for reauthorization this year. This is generally a 5-7 year bill that controls how transportaiton funding will be allocated for that time span. When you get an action alert about contacting your legislators, I hope everyone does so, because that's the only way all these good projects will ever get built. Good news is that I think the last part of the Badger Trail has received funding, so it should be complete. Can't give an exact date, but "soon." Robbie On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Jay Otto <[email protected]> wrote: > Speaking of funding bike paths, does anyone know if there's been any > movement at all regarding finishing that last remaining part of the Badger > State Trail (from the SW bike path to Purcell Road)? > > Can't help thinking that, even incomplete, this route would have been much > more useful if it had been built from the populated are to the rural area, > not the other way around... A good guideline for future projects, perhaps? > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >
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