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Resolution authorizing and directing the City Engineer to enter into a State/Municipal Agreement for a Transportation Enhancement Project with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the Construction Cost 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 Development Department applied for and the Wisconsin Department Of
Transportation has notified the City that this project has been selected for inclusion in the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program; and,
WHEREAS, the first phase of the project includes the reconstruction and development of 5,280 feet (1.0 mile) 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. 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 will effectively link Waukesha County, and points west, to Milwa...
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