Another suggestion about the Cannonball crossing and the Capital City Trail crossing of Seminole is for flashing caution lights. This suggestion has been made to WisDOT/Strand Associates by the Dunn's Marsh Neighborhood Association in connection with the Verona Road/West Beltline reconstruction project. Traffic is expected to increase by 350-450 vehicles on Seminole Highway during the peak hours while Verona Road construction occurs. I¹m sure traffic will be heavier than it is now during non-peak hours although WisDOT hasn¹t put out any numbers for non-peak times. That will be for a 3-year period of construction, starting in 2014,
The Dunn's Marsh Neighborhood supports having a traffic island at the Cannonball Path crossing of Seminole for the same reasons that Steve Arnold mentions. It would be great to have a few bicyclists come to these meetings and speak for the traffic island. Mary Mullen Dunn¹s Marsh Neighborhood Association Communications On 8/27/12 4:50 PM, "Steve Arnold" <[email protected]> wrote: > At meetings beginning at 6:30 the Fitchburg Finance Committee, and at > 7:30 the Fitchburg Common Council, will consider a resolution to approve > the staff design of Fitchburg's portion of the Cannonball Path. > > Staff has proposed, and the Transportation and Transit Commission has > recommended, widening of Seminole Highway where the Path crosses, and a > ten-foot wide safety island, so Path uses may cross Seminole Hwy one > lane at a time. This will be particularly important when Verona Road > construction starts next year, as considerable traffic will use Seminole > Hwy to avoid the construction. > > Fitchburg's Board of Public Works has amended the design to remove the > safety island, citing cost and "safety" concerns. (One member said > safety islands make him feel less safe, I presume while driving.) > > I will argue for the safety island, as recommended by staff. The > widening to accomodate the island will have a traffic calming effect, > which staff hopes to use to argue for a lower speed limit (e.g., 30 MPH > instead of the current 40 MPH) from the Madison limits through the > intersections of the Cannonball Path, Dawley Drive, and the Cap City > Trail. The lower speed limit will improve safety not only for > Cannonball users, but also for Cap City Trail users and cyclists on > Seminole Hwy. > > The Dunns Marsh neighborhood Association supports the safety island. > > The funding for the staff-proposed safety island has already been > approved by the Common Council in the capital improvement program. > Saving the money for the safety island is not a good tradeoff for the > safety of trail users. Citizens speaking at Council members can have a > powerful effect on the Council members. If you have an opinion on this > matter, please consider registering to speak in support. You can also > let your Alders know your opinion directly by e-mail. Our addresses are > at http://www.city.fitchburg.wi.us/government/commonCouncil/. > > Background: The Path will follow the old Union Pacific right-of-way > from the Military Ridge Trail at McKee Road northwest to the "bicycle > interchange with the Capital City Trail, Southwest Path, and Badger > State Trail, along the Arboretum and Arbor Hills neighborhood, past > Leopold School, and finally cross the Beltline on its own overpass > between Kayser Ford and Culvers. It will be an awsome commuter route > from soutwest Dane County to the Fish Hatchery Road and Park Street > Corridors. The Beltline overpass and Fitchburg portions of the trail > will be built next year. Snow will be removed for winter commuting. > There is a map at > http://www.city.fitchburg.wi.us/departments/cityHall/publicWorks/CannonballPat > h.php. > > (Lighting: For those of you interested in whether the Path will be > lighted, c.f. Madison's Southwest Commuter Path, the Madison portion of > the Cannonball will be lighted. The Fitchburg portion will *not* be > lighted initially, but underground work for future lighting of the > Fitchburg portion has been recommended as a bid option, in case > favorable bids allow it to fit into the project budget.)
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