Art is right. Rail right of ways should be looked at and evaluated as multi-use transportation corridors. And although they technically belong to the railroad, they should be valued as part of the public domain.
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Steve Arnold <[email protected] > wrote: > On 1/10/2012 12:40 PM, rick wrote: > >> AMEN! >> >> On 1/10/2012 10:52 AM, Ross, Arthur wrote: >> >>> Too bad Dave Zweifel took an either or, rails or trails, perspective. >>> Rails and trails can coexist in the same corridor. He needed to look no >>> further than his own back yard here is Madison to understand this. The >>> Capital City Path coexists within the active rail corridor from Marquette >>> Street to Cottage Grove Road. The Blackhawk Path is within an active rail >>> corridor along the Blackhawk Golf Course in Shorewood Hills. >>> >> > I think Dave was concerned about the decision to tear up the tracks. At > the time the decision was made, coexistence of bikes and rail was not one > of the considered options. The choice was whether to preserve the ROW or > sell it back to land owners. Given the times, the right decision was made. > > What I'm concerned about is the preservation of the return-to-rails > option. The East Verona Ave interchange with Verona Road violates the rail > ROW, and will require extensive rerouting of roads to return rail to that > corridor. Likewise the Sugar River trail circumnavigates a subdivision > that was built over the rail ROW. Be on guard if anyone propose to > "reroute" a bike trail that was once a rail ROW. That's why I oppose > rerouting of the Military Ridge/Cannonball Trails south of PD/McKee Rd in > Fitchburg. It seem of little consequence to run bikers a few hundred feet > out of their way, until you image rail service returning to the corridor! > -- > 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 > [email protected] · http://Arnold.US > Become a supporter: like > http://facebook.com/**ArnoldforAlder<http://facebook.com/ArnoldforAlder> > . > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > >
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