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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 additional $200,107 in funding awarded from the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program to construct Phase 2 of the Cross Town Connector Bike and Pedestrian Trail.
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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 Engineering Department applied for an additional $200,107 in Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program Funds and the Wisconsin Department Of
Transportation has notified the City that this additional funding has been selected for inclusion in the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program; and,
WHEREAS, the first phase of the Crosstown Connector Bike and Pedestrian Trail project which included the reconstruction and development of one mile of We Energies right-of-way has been completed and is open to the public; and
WHEREAS, the second phase of the project will include 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.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of West
Allis that the Director of Public Works/City Engineer be and is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a State Municipal Agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the additional $200,107 in funding awarded for this Project (State...
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