The Madison Area TPB has issued a
Request for Projects for the 2019-2023 Transportation Improvement Program
(TIP). Projects within the Madison Area TPB Planning Area must be included in the TIP in order to be eligible to receive federal funding assistance. It is requested that project listings and other information be submitted to the MATPB office by Tuesday, June 5 to enable preparation of a coordinated listing of projects and allow for necessary interagency and public reviews prior to MATPB’s consideration of action.
The Madison Area TPB also completed the
Dane County Bicycle and Pedestrian Crash Study
in February. The report compares the Madison metropolitan area and Dane County’s bicycle and pedestrian crash statistics to other places. It also includes planning related recommendations and identifies strategies for continuing to reduce the frequency and severity of motor vehicle crashes involving bicyclists and pedestrian.
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MadREP, in partnership with Business Facilities Magazine, will host 20 site selectors at Business Facilities LiveXchange, a conference connecting economic development professionals with corporate site selectors and consultants who are searching for new locations for their companies’ expansion or relocation projects.
MadREP’s Inspire Madison Region initiative, which connects students to businesses for experiential learning activities, continues to grow. Currently students from 70 school districts from across the Madison Region (and a few from beyond) can connect with nearly 650 career coaches and 600 companies offering a combined 3000+ experiential learning activities. For more information on Inspire Madison Region, please visit
www.inspiremadisonregion.org
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Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District's new Pumping Station 15 in Marshall Park has earned the first Envision Gold Award for sustainable infrastructure in the State of Wisconsin. The pumping station conveys an average of 1.32 million gallons of wastewater per day and now has the capacity to pump 8.8 million gallons per day (mgd), which should meet the capacity needs through the year 2045.
MMSD will be hosting an open house
at Marshall Park on May 5, 2018. Speakers for the event include: Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Chief Engineer and Director Michael Mucha; City of Middleton Mayor Gurdip Brar; and City of Madison Parks Superintendent Eric Knepp. The brief project overview will be followed by an official "valve opening" ceremony and refreshments at Marshall Park, 2115 Allen Boulevard.
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Metro Transit was
not awarded funding from the federal TIGER Discretionary Grant program
. Metro Transit submitted an application in 2017 in order to build a much-needed bus satellite facility. The proposed facility is estimated to cost approximately $35 million and will be the first step in addressing current service needs, providing a new force for economic development and planning for the future of mass transit in the region.
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On March 29, 2018 the Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin (WDBSCW)
announced the availability of Rapid Response services
. Rapid Response is a workforce service designed to directly help workers affected by company downsizing and closures. The announcement came in response to the wave of retailer closures, including Babies”R”Us, Sam’s Club, and most recently, Toys”R”Us.
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Public Health Madison & Dane County
announced that they will be launching a new, improved website in early May. The new mobile friendly website will offer a fresh new look, improved navigation, simplified content, a blog, and more information available in Spanish.
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On January 22, a new
Madison West DMV customer service center
opened at 8417 Excelsior Drive, replacing the Odana Renewal Center and Hill Farms CSC, which permanently closed on January 18 and 19, respectively.
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The Wisconsin DNR recently updated their
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Response Plan
. The updated plan, the result of a collaborative effort between DNR, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection, the Wisconsin Conservation Congress and key stakeholders, will be the guide for CWD response and management over the next five years. Increased surveillance, increased sampling, carcass movement restrictions and local community involvement are just some the goals outlined in the plan.
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In order to reduce phosphorus concentrations and improve water quality decades sooner than 100 years,
Dane County developed an innovative project to remove the phosphorus-laden sediment
from the streambeds within the Yahara watershed. Removal of sediment is expected to expose the original gravel stream beds allowing regeneration of fish populations that are now absent. Water quality will be monitored throughout the project and beyond. Overall the goal is to achieve cleaner lakes faster.
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The 2017 results from the Clean Lakes Alliance monitoring program
were released earlier this year
. From Memorial Day to Labor Day, volunteers at piers and beaches around the five Yahara lakes measured near-shore water clarity, air and water temperature, and noted several visual observations. Visual observations included presence of algal blooms (green/blue-green), floating plant debris, swimmers, waterfowl, wave intensity, and general water appearance. Volunteers were asked to log condition reports at least weekly on our website, lakeforecast.org, where all data are updated in real time.
The Clean Lakes Alliance will also host a
Save Our Lakes Breakfast
on May 2
nd
. At the breakfast, attendees will celebrate and assess the past year and launch new programs and initiatives for the year ahead. Presentations will include the State of the Lakes Annual Report and the annual Save Our Lakes video series.
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