Several people have asked recently about what is going on next to the SW Path from Orchard to Randall. After finding out that this was being done by the UW, I emailed someone and got this reply:
"The landscaping project along the rail corridor from Randall to Orchard is just that, landscape improvements only – no roads, no building, no parking ,etc. as part of the Charter Street Heating Plant project. We worked with the DOT to remove the rail spur that was used to store coal cars. We wanted to prevent personal vehicles from parking in this area (during football game especially) so we will be planting a mixture of native prairie plantings and shrubs along with some strategically placed large boulders. DOT was OK with this as they consider this type of landscape treatment temporary. They are maintaining ownership of the corridor in case sometime the future they need to return rails to this corridor (yah, right!). We just have use and maintenance agreement with DOT to do the landscaping." Robbie Webber Transportation Policy Analyst State Smart Transportation Initiative www.ssti.us 608-263-9984 (o) [email protected] _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
