On a related subject (or at least in the immediate neighborhood), pending the completion of the Cannonball to highway PD, does it still work to ride out the SW path, turn right onto PD, and ride the bike lane until the 18-151 intersection, and then head south on what I think is then called the Military Ridge Trail? Or is that blocked by the highway construction?
On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 8:13 AM, Dorothy Krause <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > [email protected] > > 608-271-7532 > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > -- "If we continue to consume the world until there's no more to consume, then there's going to come a day, sure as hell, when our children or their children or their children's children are going to look back on us--on you and me--and say to themselves, 'My God, what kind of monsters were these people?'" --Daniel Quinn
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