To be clear, there are two separate issues.
The question about which side the spur back to McKee Rd on the south side of the bridge should be involved the two businesses. General Beverage wants to build a roadway between the bridge and their building, including parking cars up against the west side of the bridge, so they started a very contentious battle which is having extremely negative impact on the other business. The continuation of the path to the south is purely General Beverage's desire to have more parking available and doesn't involve the other business. So from the top of the bridge, bikers will be looking down at vehicles parked where the straight-line path should be, and the path will have to go over and around wetlands to get around them. Wetland permits have been a big holdup there. I don't know how expensive it will be to make all those changes to cater to General Beverage, but I'm not happy for the taxpayers of Fitchburg. Dorothy Krause Dane County Board of Supervisors Fitchburg Common Council <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] 608-271-7532 <http://friendsofdorothykrause.com/> http://friendsofdorothykrause.com Progressive - where idealism meets reality From: Bikies [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of William Hauda Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 7:24 AM To: bikies-danenet.org Subject: [Bikies] Saga of the Highway PD bike bridge Work on the new Military Ridge Trail/Cannonball Bike Path bridge over Highway PD (McKee Road) in Fitchburg was held up due to a dispute between adjacent landowners over location of the south approach. Based on a decision by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, the Fitchburg Planning Commission recently approved a conditional use permit for the project, but that generated a threat of an appeal that would have further delayed the project. That threat has now vanished. Barring another unexpected development, Fitchburg Mayor Shawn Pfaff says the city now hopes the south end of the path can be completed by September 22 and the north end by October 20. Looks like we'll get to ride it this year after all. "Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia." -- H.G Wells, A Modern Utopia, 1905 Bill Hauda 14 Northlight Way Fitchburg, WI 53711 608-574-4471
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