Fiscal Note
No expenditure is required to convey the City comments on the SDEIS via this Resolution.
Title
Substitute Resolution: Providing the Wisconsin Department of Transportation with the City of Madison’s comments on the Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) for the Verona Road/USH 18/151 Project.
Body
WHEREAS in March of 2004 the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) released a has prepared a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) to address the long-term needs of the Madison area's West Beltline Highway and USH 18/151 (Verona Road) as the first step in planning for long-term infrastructure investments within this area; and
WHEREAS in August 2010, WisDOT released a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) that reduced the scope of the original SDEIS includes the segment of to the U.S. Highway 151 corridor centering on the Verona Road interchange and Verona Road south to County Trunk Highway PD corridor; and
WHEREAS, the SDEIS, dated August 19, 2010, introduces new alternatives and evaluates a staged improvement; the Wisconsin Department of Transportation has conducted a thorough planning process which included a technical committee comprised of representatives from the affected municipalities, formed an advisory committee comprised of elected officials and representatives from the affected neighborhoods, and worked closely with City agencies and policy makers throughout the planning process and SDEIS process dating back to the beginning of the process in 1997. In addition, throughout the planning process, WisDOT has made numerous efforts to engage and interact with minority and low income populations in the study area. This includes numerous focus groups, design workshops, special interaction activities with school children, presentations at community events, presentations to agencies working in the neighborhoods with these populations, and individual meetings; and,
WHEREAS the SDEIS ac...
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