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A Regional Freeway System Reconstruction Plan for Southeastern Wisconsin PLANNING REPORT NO. 47 A REGIONAL FREEWAY SYSTEM RECONSTRUCTION PLAN FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN S O U T H E A S T E R N W I S C O N S I N R E G I O N A L P L A N N I N G C O M M I S S I O N SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN FREEWAY SYSTEM REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP William R. Drew . Vice-Chairman, SEWRPC KENOSHA COUNTY RACINE COUNTY Chairman LeonT. Dreger Richard A. Hansen, Robert Cook . Executive Director,Transportation Thomas J. Gorlinski Secretary Development Association of Wisconsin Sheila M. Siegler Jean M. Jacobson James E. Moyer JamesT. Dwyer. Chairperson, Waukesha County Board of Supervisors Theresa Estness . Mayor, City of Wauwatosa MILWAUKEE COUNTY WALWORTH COUNTY Daniel J. Diliberti Anthony F. Balestrieri Leslie J. Fafard . Director, District 2, William R. Drew, Gregory L. Holden Wisconsin Department ofTransportation Vice Chairman Allen L. Morrison Linda J. Seemeyer Daniel M. Finley . Waukesha County Executive Lee Holloway . Chairman, Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors OZAUKEE COUNTY WASHINGTON COUNTY Jean M. Jacobson . Racine County Executive Robert A. Brooks Kenneth F. Miller Thomas H. Buestrin, Daniel S. Schmidt Allan K. Kehl . Kenosha County Executive Chairman Peter D. Ziegler, Gus W. Wirth, Jr. Treasurer Kenneth J. Leonard . Director, Bureau of Planning, Wisconsin Department ofTransportation WAUKESHA COUNTY Bruce E. Matzke . Wisconsin Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Duane H. Bluemke U.S. Department ofTransportation Kenneth C. Herro Paul G. Vrakas Gloria L. McCutcheon . Southeast Regional Director, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Dennis W. Melvin . City Administrator, City of West Bend Kenneth F. Miller . Chairperson, Washington County Board of Supervisors Thomas Millonzi . Organizer,Teamsters Local 200 William M. Norem . Chairperson, Walworth County Board of Supervisors FREEWAY SYSTEM John O. Norquist . Mayor, City of Milwaukee TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP Marvin E. Pratt . President, City of Milwaukee Philip C. Evenson . Executive Director, SEWRPC Common Council Chairman PeterW. Beitzel . Vice President, InternationalTrade, Dale J. Richards . Mayor, City of Oak Creek Transportation, and Business Development Metropolitan MilwaukeeAssociation of Commerce Tim Sheehy. President, Metropolitan Milwaukee RichardA. Bolte. Director of PublicWorks Association of Commerce Waukesha County Department of PublicWorks Donna L. Brown . Systems Planning Manager, District 2, Jeff Speaker . Mayor, City of Brookfield Wisconsin Department ofTransportation Douglas F.Dalton . Manager, Urban Planning Division ofTransportation Investment Management Scott K. Walker . Milwaukee County Executive Wisconsin Department o fTransportation Robert R. Dreblow . Highway Commissioner, Ozaukee County James G. White. 1st District Supervisor, Brian G. DuPont . Highway Commissioner,Walworth County Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors Leland P.Esler . Chief of Staff, Waukesha County Board of Supervisors Luisa Ginnetti . ResearchAnalyst, Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors Gus W. Wirth, Jr. Chairperson, Ozaukee County Thomas M. Grisa . Director of PublicWorks, City of Brookfield Board of Supervisors Thomas C. Kenney . Acting Director of PublicWorks, Milwaukee County Robert L. Kufrin . CityAdministrator, City of Oak Creek Thomas H. Buestrin . Chairman, SEWRPC Glenn M. Lampark. Director of PublicWorks, Racine County (Ex-officio) Dwight E. McComb . Planning and Program Development Engineer, Federal HighwayAdministration, U.S. Department ofTransportation DennisW. Melvin . CityAdministrator, City ofWest Bend Frederick J. Patrie . Director of PublicWorks, Kenosha County Kenneth M. Pesch . Highway Commissioner,Washington County Special acknowledgment is due the following individuals who formerly served on the MarianoA. Schifalacqua . Commissioner, Department of PublicWorks, Advisory Committee during the course of the study: Mr. F.Thomas Ament, Milwaukee City of Milwaukee County Executive; Ms. Kathryn C. Bloomberg, Mayor, City of Brookfield; Mr. Frank Michael C.Thompson . EnvironmentalAnalysis and Review Supervisor, Busalacchi, Secretary/Treasurer,Teamsters Local 200; Mr.William K. Fung,Wisconsin Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of ThomasWontorek. CityAdministrator, City ofWauwatosa Transportation; Mr. Allen L. Morrison, Chairperson, Walworth County, Board of Supervisors; Ms. Karen Ordinans, Chairman, Milwaukee County, Board of Supervisors; Ms. Betty Pearson, Executive Vice-President, West Bend Chamber of Special acknowledgment is due the following individuals who formerly served on the Commerce; Mr. Philip J. Scherer, Executive Director, Transportation Development Technical Subcommittee: Mr. David A. Novak, Director of Public Works, Milwaukee Association of Wisconsin; Ms. Katherine L. Smith, Chairperson, Ozaukee County County; Mr. Edward J. Friede, Systems Planning Manager, District 2, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors. Department ofTransportation. SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION W239 N1812 ROCKWOOD DRIVE PO BOX 1607 WAUKESHA, WI 53187-1607 TELEPHONE (262) 547-6721 FAX (262) 547-1103 Serving the Counties of: KENOSHA MILWAUKEE OZAUKEE RACINE WALWORTH WASHINGTON WAUKESHA May 21, 2003 SUBJECT: Certification of Amendment to the Year 2020 Regional Transportation Plan for Southeastern Wisconsin (Regional Freeway System Reconstruction Plan) TO: The Legislative Bodies of All the Local Units of Government within the Southeastern Wisconsin Region, Consisting of the Counties of Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine Walworth, Washington, and Waukesha This is to certify that at a special meeting of the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission held at the State Fair Park Wisconsin Exposition Center, West Allis, Wisconsin, on the 21st day of May 2003, the Commission, by a vote of all Commissioners present, being 15 ayes and 1 nay, and by appropriate resolution, a copy of which is made a part hereof and is incorporated by reference to the same force and effect as if it had been specifically set forth herein in detail, did adopt an amendment to the fourth generation regional transportation plan, which plan was originally adopted by the Commission on the 3rd day of December, 1997, and amended on the 1st day of February 2001, and extended to the year 2025 on the 20th day of March 2003, as part of the master plan for the physical development of the Region. Said amendment is documented in SEWRPC Planning Report No. 47, A Regional Freeway Reconstruction Plan for Southeastern Wisconsin, published in May 2003, which is attached hereto and made a part hereof. Such action taken by the Commission is hereby recorded on and is part of said plan, which plan is hereby transmitted to all concerned levels and agencies of government in the Southeastern Wisconsin Region for implementation. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal and cause the Seal of the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission to be hereto affixed. Dated at the City of Pewaukee, Wisconsin, this 21st day of May 2003. Thomas H. Buestrin, Chairman Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission Attest: Philip C. Evenson, Deputy Secretary RESOLUTION NO. 2003-04 RESOLUTION OF THE SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION AMENDING THE ADOPTED YEAR 2020 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PLAN FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN, THE PLAN BEING A PART OF THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGION CONSISTING OF THE COUNTIES OF KENOSHA, MILWAUKEE, OZAUKEE, RACINE, WALWORTH, WASHINGTON, AND WAUKESHA IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 66.945(10) of the Wisconsin Statutes, the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, at a meeting held on the 3rd day of December 1997, duly adopted a regional transportation system plan as documented in SEWRPC Planning Report No. 46, A Regional Transportation System Plan for Southeastern Wisconsin: 2020; and WHEREAS, it is envisioned in the adopted regional transportation system plan that the plan will be amended and extended from time to time as elements of the plan are prepared in greater detail and/or as changing conditions may indicate or require; and WHEREAS, the adopted regional transportation system plan contains recommendations attendant to the freeway and arterial street and highway system and the public transit systems of the Region; and WHEREAS, the Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, recognizing that the regional freeway system was nearing the end of its useful and functional life, requested that the Commission undertake a special study for the purpose of developing a freeway reconstruction plan aimed at ensuring that growing traffic levels can be handled safely, effectively, and efficiently, thereby helping to meet the existing and future transportation needs of the Region and the State; and WHEREAS, the Commission created an Advisory Committee to guide the conduct of the regional freeway reconstruction study, such Committee charged by the Commission with the responsibility of identifying a regional consensus on the specific elements of a regional freeway reconstruction plan; and WHEREAS, the preliminary recommendations of that Advisory Committee were subjected to a lengthy and extensive public review process, including review and comment on the plan recommendations by the county boards of supervisors and county executives in the Region; and WHEREAS, the Advisory Committee has taken into account all of the public comment
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