FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Fernandez, Anthony <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 12:24 PM Subject: RE: [Bikies] biking the wrong way on Fish Hatchery To: Grant Foster <[email protected]> Cc: "Langer, Scott" <[email protected]>, William Hauda < [email protected]>
Grant, The raised median and marked crossing of Fish Hatchery road a the end of the Cannonball path should be completed within about a week. There were some last minute problems that delayed the construction of the median but these have been resolved. Yes it is still our intention to continue the path east of FHR to Bowman Field and then north to Plaenart Drive where it connects to the Wingra path. It is turning out to be a complicated project, with wetlands, ATC transmission lines and storm water quality issues, but our goal is to construct that next year. Tony Fernandez [email protected] voice: 608-266-9219 fax: 608-264-9275 *From:* Grant Foster [mailto:[email protected]] *Sent:* Friday, August 07, 2015 12:12 PM *To:* William Hauda *Cc:* [email protected]; Fernandez, Anthony; Langer, Scott *Subject:* Re: [Bikies] biking the wrong way on Fish Hatchery This is absolutely because of the recently completed Cannonball section and the lack of a crosswalk across Fish Hatchery at its current terminus. I was planning on asking Tony about the style and timeline of that crosswalk today, so I've copied them here. There was a fair amount of discussion about this on a past thread and I don't think there's any opportunity in the next decade or more for a side path on the west side of FH road. (It really should have been considered when FH was redone and would have been a better solution than the onstreet unbuffered lane we were left with, but...) There are plans to continue the Cannonball along the rail corridor across FH and then north through Bowman Woods (east side of the ball park by Wright MS) to the Wingra Path. This will be a great addition and think it may be scheduled for next year (Tony can probably comment on that as well). I'm hopeful that we will also continue the path along the corridor to Park St. and ideally all the way to Beld to make a great route from our southside all the way to Downtown. I don't know how far out we are from redeveloping the Thorstad property, but that's probably the time we secure some land along the RR to make it happen. Grant On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 11:56 AM, William Hauda <[email protected]> wrote: Crossing Fish Hatchery Road from Cannonball to get on the northbound bike lane is risky and time consuming, especially in rush hour traffic. The simplest, safest, and most cost-effective solution is to have a path that parallels Fish Hatchery Road adjacent to the Arboretum property and connecting to the Wingra path. I don't know the Fish Hatchery Road easement width, who owns what, what the cost of a bike bridge over Wingra Creek would be, but this would certainly be less expensive than building a new bridge over Fish Hatchery Road and constructing the tail on the other side. On 8/7/2015 11:35 AM, Ian Alderman wrote: Yes, this is along the Arboretum. On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Robbie Webber <[email protected]> wrote: It could also be that one or more people need to travel a short distance to a destination on Fish Hatch on the same side of the road, and they don't want to try to try to cross peak hour traffic twice to reach their destination. Is it the area next to the Arboretum where there is no sidewalk? Robbie Webber Transportation Policy Analyst 608-263-9984 (o) 608-225-0002 (c) [email protected] All opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer or any other group with which I am affiliated. On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Ian Alderman <[email protected]> wrote: I've seen this three days in a row now, during my morning (car) commute: Darwin award candidate bikers biking North on Fish Hatchery facing MV traffic going Southbound. I think this is because of the gap between the Cannonball Trail and destinations to the North. I expect this will go on until this gap is filled. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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