Does anyone know if there any way to provide input besides attending a DoT public meeting?
I agree, Robbie, that the design very definitely appears to funnel a huge amount of traffic across the SW bike path and under Hwy 151/Verona Rd. I wonder also if the right-of-way is wide enough to accommodate both a city street and bike path at that underpass. The other elements of the project bear close scrutiny for ped/bike needs both for detours during construction and accommodation in the final design. /begin rant/ A person like myself with a busy family life and little time to schlep around the county (even when the meeting spot is practically in my backyard for once) probably finds it difficult to attend these things (and other hearings, etc.) I'd like another method of ensuring meaningful input gets to the planners. I fear that the only people who do have the designers' and planners' ears are expensive lobbyists or people with a lot more time on their hands than I. And I think that I represent a fair cross-section of who is considered a significant benefactor of the $450 Million about to be spent on this boondoggle highway "improvement". The type of family person who is not able to attend these "public" meetings for reasons of having a complex life. /end rant/ Robbie Webber said: [snip] If you are worried about this, or any other aspect of the plan, you need to speak up to both the DOT, and to City Engineering, who is heavily involved in the planning. If you cannot come to the meeting tonight, there will also be a presentation at the Long Range Transportation Planning Committee, Thursday, October 21, 5:00 PM in the Municipal Bldg - Rm TBA. [snip] More info in the sidebar to this article: http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/article_13e3c066-d666-11df-8002-001cc 4c03286.html?mode=story Note also this item in the third paragraph from the end: "a new underpass at Freeport Road that will increase traffic through the neighborhood. " [snip] _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
