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Wisconsin Department of Transportation <br /> ��/II 1111\\���0��� Division of Transportation Infrastructure <br /> III Development <br /> BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS <br /> 4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 701 <br /> P.O. Box 7914 <br /> July 22, 1997 _ aa(I 53707-7914 <br /> NEL`� � <br /> j� PTF,AgIxeiTancesi:ml (608) 266-3351 <br /> Mr. James Gre orius Z !J ile): (608) 267-6748 <br /> Gregorius, Zoning Administrator '(Teletypewriter): (608) 266-3351 <br /> Dane County Land Planning and Developme <br /> City County Building, Room 116 AUG 2 8 1997 <br /> 210 Martin Luther King Blvd. _ <br /> Madison, WI 53709 <br /> D.C.PLANNING & DEVEIf f'l v - _ ; <br /> DIVISION <br /> �lf ' <br /> ZONING D x JUL „ '`' F <br /> Dear Mr. Gregorius: Ir <br /> Temporary Injunction <br /> • <br /> Case No. 97 CV 1029 <br /> The above temporary injunction pertains to the use of a re-aligned runway at the Verona Airpark, <br /> near Verona, WI. On behalf of the Wisconsin aviation community and the farmers in central <br /> and western Dane County, we hope this matter can be quickly resolved in a manner that will <br /> allow the present and future use of Runway 3/21 at Verona Airpark. <br /> The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has been assisting Mr. Slotten in the processing of <br /> the necessary Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) forms required for the new runway <br /> alignment. Since the runway numbers were changed 10 degrees (from 4/22 to 3/21), the FAA <br /> forms were completed and submitted in a timely manner and are a matter of record. <br /> Using this new alignment will take aircraft away from the new HWY 151/18 bypass. The <br /> existing alignment 4/22 is still in use as that runway has never been closed. The large berm <br /> constructed for the bypass limits the viability of that runway, and the airport as a functional air <br /> transportation facility. The Verona Airpark has been open to the public since it was first <br /> developed in the early 1960's, at no public expense and is viewed as a valuable public use asset. <br /> Without the use of this public access runway (3/21) in western Dane County, the local farmers <br /> do not have a readily accessible facility for crop dusting, should the need arise. At the present <br /> time, Morey Airport's status is in question and it is actually pretty far away to be viable for crop <br /> dusting in the Verona area. Both Dane County Regional in Madison and Blackhawk in Cottage <br /> Grove are too far away, or impractical for use by crop dusters. Now that Mt. Horeb is closed, <br /> the next closest public use landing areas are Lone Rock and Sauk Prairie. Neither of these <br /> would be viable options for Dane County farmers west and south of the Madison/Verona area. <br /> DT1454 Solving tomorrow's transportation challenges <br />