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Door County Comprehensive Plan 2030 Transportation Advisory Workgroup August 15th, 2006 Becky Kerwin Door County Planning Department Nancy Skadden Facilitator.

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1 Door County Comprehensive Plan 2030 Transportation Advisory Workgroup August 15th, 2006 Becky Kerwin Door County Planning Department Nancy Skadden Facilitator

2 Statutory Requirements Goals to guide the various modes of transportation: highways and trucking systems for persons with disabilities bicycles walking air transportation water transportation transit and railroads

3 Statutory Requirements Compare local goals and programs to state and regional transportation plans. Incorporate state, regional and other applicable transportation plans. Identify highways by function.

4 Highways Expansion of Wis 57 to a four-lane divided highway scheduled to be completed in 2008 WisDOT Park and Rides Lots: 2008 - lot near Brussels, approximately at the CTH D and CTH C intersection (~30 cars.) Fall 2006 – lot near Dyckesville (WIS 57 and CTH P interchange in Brown County.) Longer-term Issues: Possible four-lane expansion of WIS 42/57 to the Mid-Junction (Bayview Bridge to north of Sturgeon Bay where 42/57 split) Possible realignment of WIS 42 to WIS 57 south of the City of Sturgeon Bay.

5 Trucking February, 2006 - trucks with trailers longer than 48 feet now allowed to operate on Hwy 57 north of Sturgeon Bay.

6 Persons with Disabilities Door County Senior Resource Center: county owned mini bus and volunteer drivers to any person 55 years of age or older. Lakeland Chapter of the American Red Cross: 60 years of age or older and any individual with a disability. Door County Department of Social Services: transportation services for people with medical needs. Sunshine House: fleet of wheelchair equipped mini-buses. For-Profit: ParaTran and Northeast Wisconsin Transportation Service Inc. (medical transportation).

7 Employee Transportation Door County Job Center/Women’s Employment Project Transportation Options program: assistance with gas or taxi vouchers, drivers education, car repairs, and car loans.

8 Bicycling Door County Bicycle Transportation Capital Improvement Plan WIS DOT: five foot paved shoulders of existing WIS 57 from the south county line to CTH C as part of the WIS 57 Future extension plans for the Ahnapee State Trail from the Bayview Bridge to Michigan Street

9 Bicycling Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources State Recreational Trails Network Plan Bicycle Transportation Facility Plan for the Bay-Lake Region (2002)

10 Air Transportation Door County Cherryland Airport Ephraim-Gibraltar Airport Washington Island Airport Austin-Straubel International Airport Issues: Zoning Tower height Business support for expansion

11 Water Transportation Port of Sturgeon Bay Bayship Building Palmer Johnson Recreational Marinas: 21 recreational marinas throughout the county. Town of Liberty Grove to conduct feasibility study for a 6 lane boat launch facility in Gills Rock. U.S. Coast Guard Station


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