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New Berlin Citizens for Responsible Government
Ralph Heun, a 38-year resident of New Berlin, will be blogging about issues of concern to the New Berlin Citizens for Responsible Government, an organization that promotes fiscal responsibility among all units of government.
See Mayor's new design for Calhoun Road at City Hall, Thursday May 8 at 5:00pm
By Ralph Heun
Wednesday, May 7 2008, 09:21 PM
Presented as a public Service by New Berlin Citizens for Responsible Government (NBCRG).
Mayor’s Calhoun design to be presentedAnother 4-lane design for Calhoun Road reconstruction from just north of Cleveland Avenue to just south of Greenfield Avenue, called Design Scenario 2008-A, will be introduced to the public at a meeting Thursday, May 8, 2008. The meeting, which is being billed as a public information meeting, not a public hearing, will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 8, at New Berlin City Hall.
Mayor Chiovatero said, “I was able to come up with an option that took care of the road needs, safety, stormwater and concerns of residents north of the railroad tracks.” Mayor Chiovatero’s new plan is basically the same plan that was rejected by the residents and Common Council. Mayor Jack Chiovatero said his new design will still be 4-lanes, but there will not be a median and lanes will be slightly narrower. The more reasonable plan that was one of the recommended options by the consultant for a 2-lane widened road that the residents wanted and was approved by the Common Council was vetoed by the Mayor and stopped the needed repairs and rehabilitation of Calhoun Road.
The rest of Calhoun road south to Cleveland Avenue will remain the same as the Mayor’s previous plan that was rejected by the residents and the Common Council with four 12-foot lanes, a median and left turn lanes and substantial residential and business land acquisition. According to the Mayor his rough figures show the cost of the new design would be about $4,600,000.00 plus another $1,550,000.00 for the land acquisition, for a total of about $6 to $6.5 million if the Mayor’s rough estimates are accurate. Previous cost figures for the recommended and approved 2-lane road reconstruction were about $3 to $3.5 million.
The consulting engineer for the Calhoun Road project, Bloom Companies, will conduct the May 8 meeting in an Open House format.
Project staff members from the city and the consulting engineer will be available during the meeting to discuss the Mayor’s plan again. Project concept plan; location maps and other exhibits will be on display. Should you have any questions about this or any other issue, please feel free to contact me. If you would like to be included in my 7th District Email Update Group, please email your name, street address, phone number and email address to me and I will include you in the group emails.Dave Ament7th District Alderman, New Berlin262-544-4534
dament@newberlin.org
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