I'm not fully aware of the status on this but know it's an important item for BFW & there's hope to see in more funding in the future. This is where it's crucial that you contact your elected officials & ask for the funding for such infrastructure. Finally, I'm also seeking that BFW conduct another "lobby day" sometime in the future, which could allow for us to advocate for such funding, etc.
Aaron ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 5:50:04 PM Subject: [Bikies] BFW Agenda Item 2: Increased funding for bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure Anybody heard any news about how this is going? I noticed bicycle projects got zilched out in the Governor's preliminary stimulus request. I noticed bicycle projects got zilched out in the first $300mil tranche of Wisconsin's pre-approved transportation projects from the federal stimulus package. I don't see any news about stimulus funding on the BFW site. I noticed that the local stimulus applications for TE funding on the WisDOT site (due next Wednesday) specifically exclude projects that already have any level of federal funding, which as far as I can tell, is pretty much any "shovel ready" bicycle project that might be in the pipeline. With $150 million in State budget cuts looming, it looks like the only safe jobs at the state level are the ones associated with building highways. --- The BF of Dubya: If you ride a bike in Madison, we resent you! _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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