# Presentation: 071920

## Secondary EffectsUSH 12 Experience

- Secondary EffectsUSH 12 Experience

- Dane and Sauk Counties
- Wisconsin

## History

- Went through an extensive public/agency involvement process 1991 to 1995
- Study committees with governments and agencies (before they were popular)
- Project scoping meetings
- Township coordination meetings
- Public Involvement Meetings
- Interaction with ALL agencies

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- 151

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**Madison**

- Fitchburg

- Middleton

- Sauk City

- 151

- 18

**18 Mile Project Corridor**

- DOT wanted to improve a 2-lane rural roadway radiating from the Madison Metropolitan Area to a 4-lane expressway (Dane County)

## History

- Focus of concern was agricultural impacts to this corridor lined with dairy farms.
- Because of this, on-alignment alternatives were favored to reduce farm severances

## History

- 1993 Ho-Chunk Bingo Hall lies on USH 12
- 2 miles south of Interstate 90/94
- 20 miles north of Sauk City
- 40 miles north of Madison
- 1993 Changes in legislation allow Bingo Hall to convert to Casino
- Traffic Volumes Dramatically Increase

## History

- 1994 DOT initiates EIS for 11 mile portion of USH 12 south of interstate (Sauk County)
- Leaves an 11 mile segment of unimproved roadway between two projects
- 1995 DOI letter cites segmentation
- DOT answers by including impacts of whole corridor in the EIS for both projects
- Even for roadway portion not going to be improved for 20 years

## Background

- Dane County DEIS released in 1995
- Almost all supported a four-lane improvement on existing alignment
- Sauk County DEIS released in 1996
- 5 different alignments investigated, both on and off-alignment

## History

- Baraboo Range National Natural Landmark!!!!
- Quartzite Range
- 27 miles long
- 14 miles wide
- South Range
- Largest block of unfragmented forest in the Mid-west

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- Clear-cut in early 1900’s
- Steep slopes and rocky soils limited agricultural use
- Steep slopes and rocky soils limited septic systems
- Lack of development allowed reforestation
- Home to many T&E species (particularly neo-tropical birds
- “Last Great Place” by Nature Conservancy
- National Natural Landmark
- Most of land still privately owned

## History

- New secondary effects concerns
- With a four-lane roadway – BRNNL more attractive to live in for Madison commuters
- A regulatory agency asked for quantitative analysis of how improvement would affect BRNNL
- How many new commuters (2nd Effect)
- How many locate in BRNNL (2nd Effect)
- How the new households would affect T&E species (3rd Effect)

## History

- DOT promptly started a review
- (Project on Fast Track)
- Three quantitative analysis started:
- Gravity-type
- Commuter Shed Review
- Highway Type vs. Community Growth
- Resulted in Increasing DOA projections
- Qualitative review of effects to T&E species also initiated

## Gravity-type Model

**Gravity-type Model**

## Commuter Shed Analysis

**Commuter Shed Analysis**

## Change in DOA Projections

**Change in DOA Projections**

**54% more population growth than projected**

## History

- 167 acres of more residential development in BRNNL
- 28 caused by highway improvement
- 120 page analysis listed in SDEIS
- Allocated development to areas most susceptible to development to determine effect to T&E species

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- Agencies were skeptical
- Believed effects would be much greater
- EPA threatened an EU rating
- EPA commissioned their own study from Argonne Labs
- Argonne Report extremely critical of quantitative  methods used
- Report seemed to advocate more rigorous use of Gravity Model (emphasis on commuters)
- Criticisms of qualitative analysis to T&E species were modest

## History

- DOT responded:
- Review of historical changes in land use in the BRNNL
- Supplemental quantitative analysis focusing on Gravity model.
- Released a Supplemental DEIS for Sauk county USH 12

## History

- Historical Land Use change in BRNNL
- (From Satellite photographs)

**Forest Interior Actually Increased from 1962 to 1992!**

## History

- Supplemental Gravity Analysis
- 12 different models performed
- All indicated a change in commuters of 13 to 28 more commuters from BRNNL due to improved highway times
- Agencies (DATCP) critical of analysis
- Said it only considered effect of commuter, and not local growth

## USH 12 MOA

- Phased Construction in Dane County
- 1999 Preliminary work only
- 200-2001 Construct northern portion
- 2002-2003 Grading, no pavement in southern portion
- 2004 Construction of Middleton Bypass

## USH 12 MOA

- Access Control and Adjoining Land Divisions
- 30% fewer access points as compared to current roadway
- 500 foot control of access along local roads
- 1000 foot control of access along State and County roads

## USH 12 MOA

- Commuter Rail/Transit Alternatives Study to be completed
- Fund 50% of PE for locally preferred alternative for commuter rail/transit study.
- Secondary Land Use Impact Methodology
- Survey state of art modeling techniques
- Provide guidelines for use of models
- Identify improvement needed in models

## USH 12 MOA

- BRNNL Protection Fund
- $5 million for purchase of land or development rights in Baraboo Range
- Legislature not amused, passed bill that development rights can only be purchased within 1⁄2 mile of highway Right-of-Way
- Preservation outside BRNNL
- $5 million for development rights in Dane and Sauk Counties
- Local Planning Assistance

## USH 12 MOA

- Ice Age National Scenic Trail
- Grade Separated Crossings
- Transportation Enhancement aid
- Play nice together provisions
- Meet biannually to discuss status of MOA
- One original signer left, considers himself to be the conscious of the MOA

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