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. . These same costs would also apply to the crUshed rock products the area farmers, Village of DeForest and the Town of Windsor purchase each year As mentioned in the letter from Dane County Highway Department with tight local government budgets, quote "anything that reduces our operating costs, such as nearby mineral deposits, ultimately benefits the taxpayer" per Dennis Norton P.E. Assistant Commissioner for Dane County. It gets more & more difficult every year to open new quarries in Dane County. Therefore, as the existing quarries are depleted , I feel it makes sense to plan ahead now, to get all the rock we can out of the existing quarry areas. Therefore, I ' d like to apply now for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to remove the rock in the hill to the Southwest of our existing CUP area. The area of the CUP request has not been farmed , because of the steep slopes and in places the rock comes right to the surface. After the rock hill has been removed and leveled , we would reclaim the area per our reclamation plan and we would actually gain some new tillable acreage for the future, which can ' t be farmed right now. Therefore, I believe it makes sense, yes to the taxpayers, dollars & cents, to remove all the rock we can from the existing quarries. Highway improvements, such as the widening of Highway 51 from two lanes to four lanes, from the truck stops to DeForest, could make it a faster & safer trip for all motorists. This would require a great deal of crushed rock . The closer the source, the cheaper the hauling costs and the more likely the project can be built, with tighter and tighter highway budgets and the more lives that can be saved as a result of those road improvements. Sincerely, Paulson Construction , Inc . William Paulson , President