Fiscal Note
City share of new cross-Interstate/USH 151 pedestrian/bicycle connections would be subject to WisDOT’s cost share policy and would involve future annual capital budget.
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Endorsing and Prioritizing Improvement of Pedestrian and Bicycle Connectivity as Part of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s I-39/90/94 Study and Reconstruction
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WHEREAS, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is undertaking a study of Interstate 39/90/94 from the Beltline to US Highway 12/Wisconsin Highway 16 in Wisconsin Dells; and
WHEREAS, the study corridor includes a nearly 10 mile stretch of Interstate running through the City of Madison; and
WHEREAS, the City of Madison is the largest municipality within the fastest growing region in the State, with the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan projecting that the city will add 115,000 new residents between 2020 and 2050; and
WHEREAS, the Interstate corridor running through the City of Madison has either already urbanized or is expected to urbanize in the coming decades as the city continues to grow; and
WHEREAS, the City’s Comprehensive Plan, updated in December 2023, has goals, strategies, and actions that call for compact, interconnected growth, accompanied by an expansion and improvement of the city’s pedestrian and bicycle networks; and
WHEREAS, the 2017 Madison in Motion Transportation Plan similarly calls for building and maintaining comfortable and safe pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, while the City’s Complete Green Streets Guide, adopted in January 2023, prioritizes pedestrian, transit, and bicycle infrastructure above automobile infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan, Madison in Motion Transportation Plan, and more detailed area and neighborhood development plans along the Interstate and US Highway 151 corridor call for a series of pedestrian/bicycle crossings to reduce the substantial impediment to active transportation presented by the highways; and
WHEREAS, encou...
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