Great work, Steve. This is a big win and you deserve a lot of credit for your role in getting this passed. Thanks, and can't wait to ride through.
Grant On Nov 28, 2012 5:27 AM, "Steve Arnold" <[email protected]> wrote: > Last August, the Cannonball Path design by Fitchburg Public Works staff > was modified by Common Council to remove the safety island at Seminole > Highway, and approved in Resolution R-77-12. Subsequently, I developed and > the Mayor introduced another design proposal, with a safety island at the > Cannonball Path crossing and path-user-actuated flashing beacons at both > the Cannonball Path and Capital City State Trail crossings of Seminole > Highway. That design, as Resolution R-88-12, was referred to four city > bodies over the last two months, and was back before the Common Council > last night. > > I am pleased to report that we are back to the staff-recommended design, > including the safety island at the Seminole Crossing, and that R-88-12 has > passed. Other project features include a ten-foot wide path from McKee > Road near Verona Road to the City of Madison portion south of Arbor Hills, > way-finding signage, and a connecting boardwalk to the Dunns Marsh > neighborhood and points north. The project will be constructed in 2013. > The Council also signaled its willingness to fund and install > path-user-actuated flashing beacons at the two crossings in the future, > should they prove to be necessary. > > Please join me in thanking Mayor Shawn Pfaff and my colleagues on the > Common Council for funding the local share this important bicycle > transportation project and for restoring the safety island to the Seminole > crossing! (Funding also includes the City of Madison's local share and > Transportation Enhancement funding from the U.S. Department of > Transportation.) > -- > 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<http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org> >
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