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Resolution authorizing and directing the Director of Public Works/City Engineer to enter into a State/Municipal Agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the Design and Construction of the Cross Town Connector Bike and Pedestrian Trail Bridge over State Trunk Highway 100.
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WHEREAS, bicycling and pedestrian modes of travel play an important role in moving
people in Wisconsin's metropolitan areas and represent a key alternative means of
transportation; and,
WHEREAS, as the Milwaukee Metropolitan area moves into the 21 Century, it is likely that even more people will be utilizing alternative means of transportation such as bicycling and pedestrian travel for commuting, utilitarian, social, recreational or exercise purposes; and,
WHEREAS, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation notified the City that this project had been selected for inclusion in the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program back on August 9, 2006; and,
WHEREAS, the first phase of the adjacent trail project has already been completed in 2013 and will eventually include the construction and development of WE Energies right-of-way as well as various on and off-street improvements to create an east-west bicycle and pedestrian trail that will eventually extend 5 miles across the entire City and connect/intersect other existing state and county bikeways and trails; and,
WHEREAS, this project is most simply described as the implementation of Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission's (SEWRPC) Regional Bicycle Plan: 2010. The Cross Town Connector Trail will pass by several schools, some of the City's largest employers, several City buildings and gathering places, and five of the City's eight Tax Incremental Districts. The trail will allow for a safer regional connection by linking the Glacial Drumlin State Trail, the Waukesha County New Berlin Recreational Trail, and Milwaukee County's Oak Leaf and Hank Aaron State Trails. This project wi...
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