Picking up an old thread...
On 8/10/2010 6:11 PM, Larry D. Nelson wrote:
It would be very helpful if we could get a schedule for the completion of
Post Road from Fitchburg. My most recent contacts indicated "maybe in the
next 5-years....maybe". I think that more than 10 years is the limit of
anyone's patience, and much longer than that of Alder Bruer. This
neighborhood needs additional access. At this time, it is effectively
Madison's largest cul de sac.
The Perry Street Overpass concept may prove short sighted. Given the
potential for re-development on both the north and south side of the
Beltline Highway, a full mode underpass should also be evaluated.
Regardless, it would be very helpful if Fitchburg would jointly finance this
bridge/underpass with the City of Madison. Money talks, everything else
goes over the Beltline/Fish Hatchery Bridge. And, yes, I have suggested
this option to Fitchburg staff some months ago.
I shall await with interest the approval of the 2011 City of Fitchburg
budget, and I am thankful for the support of Alder Arnold for both the Post
Road project and, hopefully, the bridge/underpass beneath the Beltline @
Perry Street.
Fitchburg's Plan Commission tonight recommended approval of an offer to
purchase the second house in the way of connecting Post Road to the City
of Madison east of Fish Hatchery Road. Negotiations continue with the
owner, but the extension will be built with or without the house. (In
case we cannot purchase the house, there is a contingency plan for
two-way traffic north of the center line of the road as a temporary
measure.) Council approval will be up next. Then the purchase can be
made as soon as there is agreement on the price with the owner. (Note
that sometime in the historical past, Fitchburg's leaders made a
decision to not acquire the needed property by condemnation, a decision
that has caused a multi-year delay in this project.)
The last piece that's required is for Fiduciary, the owner of Valley
View Apts. and much of the vacant land needed for the road, to pull the
trigger and begin developing the vacant land, proposed for more
multi-family housing. They will then need to dedicate the needed land
for the road right-of-way, and construction can begin.
I am also cool with a "complete street" bridge or underpass for Perry
St. Limited access highways tear communities asunder, and every effort
must be made to stitch them back together!
> I just spoke to Adam Kopp of the DOT, who is managing this project. We
> reviewed that the nearest ways to cross the E-Way and Beltline on bike are
> Cap City Trail to Southtown Dr (east) and Syene or Fish Hatchery Rds to the
> Fish Hatchery Beltline Crossing (west). That's a long way out of the way!
> Adam agreed to looking into ways to keep the intersection open for
> bicyclists. Walking your bike on the shoulder or hoisting over a ditch may
> be required (but hey, it's cyclecross season!)--he'll let me know and I'll
> relay here.
>
> I haven't given up on Perry St. Ald. Tim Bruer tells me that connecting
> Post Road is a higher priority for him, but Fitchburg is moving ahead with
> that project. Land has been acquired and engineering done, and more money
> was allocated in the Capital Improvement Program for 2011 to finish the job.
> I'll be arguing to Tim that while he may not want to complete the Perry St
> Beltline overpass before Post Rd is done, it's reasonable to start planning
> it, as we are certainly well along on the Post Rd project. Your support of
> this project will be welcome!
Regards,
Steve Arnold, Fitchburg Alder, District 4, Seat 7
2530 Targhee Street, Fitchburg, Wisconsin 53711-5491
Telephone +1 608 278 7700 · Facsimile +1 608 278 7701
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