Second Public Information Meeting, Monday, September, 23, 6:00-8:00 PM, Presbyterian Church, 326 S. Segoe Rd.
Please go! If you use this corridor via any mode, care about the adjacent neighborhoods, or care about the environment, livability, or your tax bill. The city of Madison, Village of Shorewood Hill, and University have undertaken a study of University Ave from Segoe Rd to Breese Terrace: http://www.cityofmadison.com/trafficengineering/nearWestTransportationStudy.cfm Some may have attended some of the listening sessions in the various neighborhoods along the corridor earlier this year. Now the consultants are ready to show what they have come up with based on the needs identified. *I urge folks to attend the second meeting, to be held at the Presbyterian Church 326 South Segoe Road (corner with Mineral Point) - Monday September 23, 6:00-8:00 PM.* I went to the first presentation last night at the Shorewood Hills Village Hall - as did at least one other person on this list, but I'll let him speak for himself, if he wishes - and it was not pretty. The good news is that the neighborhood comments made very clear that walking and biking along and across this corridor was hellacious. (You can read all the comment at the link above.) Lots oand lots of people from all neighborhoods said that crossing the road was tough and scary and there needed to be thought to both east-west connections and north-south connections. The bad news is that most of the effort of the consultants seems to have gone into planning how to get more cars (not more people) through the corridor and intersections. Although there were two giant pages/maps laid out with alternatives for improving walking and biking along and across the corridor, there were about SIX giant pages/maps/plans for EACH of three intersections - Midvale, Shorewood Blvd, and University Bay Dr/Farley. some of the options are simply too outrageous to describe - expensive, big, ugly, loud, and ruinous for adjacent neighborhoods (mine included.) I will have more info about what I heard and saw, as well as an alternative proposal, posted later, but wanted to post a save-the-date before I forgot. Robbie Webber Transportation Policy Analyst State Smart Transportation Initiative www.ssti.us 608-263-9984 (o) [email protected]
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