Number
011729
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. MURPHY
Title
Substitute resolution setting forth the City of Milwaukee's position on the draft findings of a study entitled "A Regional Freeway Reconstruction System Plan for Southeastern Wisconsin", a.k.a. SEWRPC Planning Report No. 47, dated March 3, 2002.
Analysis
This resolution sets forth the official position of the City of Milwaukee regarding the draft findings of SEWRPC Planning Report No. 47, final draft dated March 3, 2002, entitled "A Regional Freeway Reconstruction System Plan for Southeastern Wisconsin".
Body
Whereas, The Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation in 2000 requested the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission to lead a study entitled "A Regional Freeway Reconstruction System Plan for Southeastern Wisconsin" to prepare a plan and program for rebuilding the regional freeway system in the 21st Century; and
Whereas, The study was requested due to the age of the 273-mile Southeastern Wisconsin freeway system and the need to reconstruct the entire system within the next 30 years; and
Whereas, The study addressed the relative importance of the freeway system, obsolescence of the freeway system design, traffic congestion on the freeway system, and relative cost of rebuilding the freeway system; and
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee was represented on the Study Advisory Committee and the Study Technical Subcommittee by Mayor John O. Norquist and Commissioner of Public Works, Mariano A. Schifalacqua; and
Whereas, The study alternatives and preliminary study findings are presented in the final draft of SEWRPC Planning Report No. 47 – A Regional Freeway Reconstruction System Plan for Southeastern Wisconsin – Chapter VI – Design, Evaluation, and Consideration of Freeway System Reconstruction Alternatives, dated March 3, 2002; and
Whereas, The Study Advisory Committee met on March 21, 2002, to review the findings; and
Whereas, ...
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