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Pàiieiôj . <br /> h a <br /> Y Sup. Scott McDo_n 1 .4th-Di - <br /> • • i <br /> g r trict, Madison o <br /> niun <br /> pposed the ex <br /> pressway recommendation: He <br /> said it is more important to send l la� - �� ; signal to 'developers. that they <br /> x - should focus on the east-west rail <br /> t O � N-V corridor, where commuter rail <br /> i could be developed. <br /> But Sup. Sam Simon, 26th Dii- <br /> By Mary Balousek trict,Middleton, said mass trans t <br /> County reporter <br /> . won't solve the area's traffic woes <br /> A committee studying transpo "Your bus is going to get n - <br /> tation options north of Lake Mend- where because there's too ma <br /> ota endorsed a four-lane cars,"he said. <br /> expressway Thursday night.,. The committee recommended <br /> Members of the North ftiug Co - corridor and design planning for�a <br /> ridor Committee voted 6-4 in'favo parkway or expressway parallel l� <br /> of building an expressway con- highways K and M from Highw <br /> necting Highway 12 and Interstate 12 to Highway 113. The roadwaw <br /> 90-94. Seven committee members then would follow. the.current <br /> were absent ,,_,;: alignment of highways 113 and 19 <br /> The recommendation moves t� to the Interstate <br /> the Dane County Board and:R Alan Harvey, representing'the <br /> gional Planning : Commissio town of Windsor,voted for the ref= <br /> (RPC),where Sup.John Heridric ommendation after he added aft <br /> 6th District;Madison, predicted 't amendment that the design should <br /> would be "dead on arrival":He - limit the effects on farmland and <br /> drick is a member of both bodies. local land-use policies. <br /> RPC transportation planner Hendrick predicted both tl�e <br /> . Bob MacDonald said the new road ! County Board and RPC will vote <br /> won't be, built before 2010 at the down the committee's recommen- <br /> earliest because of federal and I dation. <br /> state'`waiting lists for transporta- ' ! But Don Damon, representing <br /> tion projects. ; Middleton, said the committee's <br /> The expressway could cost up action helps local communities <br /> to $44 million, depending on its plan for development. <br /> design.- Traffic counts indicate "We've got to plan ahead and we <br /> Highway M is at capacity; with I least reserve this corridor so e <br /> 17,450 cars a day. Traffic voIumels don't surprise somebody and say, . <br /> could more than double by 2020, - - I `There's a road going through yolk <br /> according to estimates by RPC , I house,'"he said. <br /> 1 staff. 1 <br />