tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post8330833350369729239..comments2023-08-25T05:18:29.312-06:00Comments on Madville Times: Abraham Bucks Chamber, Dissents on Hwy 34 Fundingcaheidelbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03261598066395322681noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-71477682276734594052009-07-29T08:51:55.153-06:002009-07-29T08:51:55.153-06:00Interesting point on the city limits. This map fro...Interesting point on the city limits. <a href="http://www.sddot.com/pe/data/docs/citymapspdf/madison.pdf" title="PDF alert!" rel="nofollow">This map from DOT</a> shows the city limits boundary on 34, reaching out to include the Dwaine Chapel Plaza. Could Abraham have been saying that the lane itself is outside the coundary, while JRE is inside it?caheidelbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03261598066395322681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-73757781345579415832009-07-29T08:48:52.175-06:002009-07-29T08:48:52.175-06:00[Roving MDL reporter Elisa Sand sends this useful ...[Roving MDL reporter Elisa Sand sends this useful note]:<br /><br />"James River's new facility was approved by the DOT with the stipulation that a turning lane be installed. This stipulation was made because James River was asking for two separate accesses to their facility, Initially opposed to the second access, the DOT approved it when Russ Olson suggested the addition of the turning lane on the highway (which will benefit not only James River but other businesses along that stretch).<br /><br />I question Nick's comment that the turning lane is outside the city limits and therefore not the city's problem, because James River is within the city limits and will have a direct benefit to the city, so, in a sense the city<br />does have an obligation because it affects a business that is within the city limits.<br /><br />Also, the stimulus funding awarded earlier to the city and the county went into the city and county's respective STIP funds that is managed by the state. That STIP fund gets added to each year. The question is, can the city access STIP funds for this project? The county's biggest gripe about the<br />stimulus funding going to the STIP fund is that A) funding wasn't<br />immediately accessible for highway projects and B) it wouldn't be available for a specific project until it went through a two-year environmental study.<br /><br />Did this addition of this access go through that two-year study or require that study? Why couldn't the state have used its stimulus money to build the access? And (best of all) why can't the LAIC spend some of it's squirreled away, just sitting there accumulating interest, Forward Madison money on this project?<br /><br />Just wondering....<br /><br />Elisacaheidelbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03261598066395322681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-8663491473305992492009-07-29T07:51:59.291-06:002009-07-29T07:51:59.291-06:00Seems like the turn lane was necessary rather than...Seems like the turn lane was necessary rather than optional. James River had already been given a lot of incentives. MDL said Abraham didn't vote for it because it was out of town. If the city isn't getting any tax revenue he made the right decision.JohnSDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01232529806415462712noreply@blogger.com