Opponents of plans to pave the recreational trail have strong words for county officials at informational meeting.
While some residents attended the meeting in favor of the Bugline Trail Improvement Project, the overwhelming majority of area resents who came were — in a word — livid. Citizens gathered at the Pauline Haass Public Library in Sussex Thursday evening to meet with Waukesha County parks officials and members of the project’s design team. While there was no formal presentation, about 10 informational boards lined the room outlining specifics about the project, and residents could submit their comments on paper in a comment box. Some of the first residents at the meeting were Menomonee Falls residents Jim and Bonnie Ziolecki, and they had no problem asking the almost 10 project officials the tough questions. “Alright, so who woke up one day …
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Falls resident has started a petition to halt the $2.4 million plan to pave the Bugline Trail.
In January, Waukesha County Parks Manager Duane Grimm made it pretty clear that a plan to pave the Bugline Trail was set in stone. However, that isn’t stopping one Falls resident from attempting to put the brakes on the project. Joan Griffin, who lives a few blocks from the trail, started gathering signatures from residents opposed to the project and want to keep the crushed limestone trail as is. You may have recognized Griffin if you were at Chilly Fest in Falls or the Waukesha County Expo recently. Griffin and her husband were the couple wearing the neon signs that read “Save the Bugline, Don’t Pave the Bugline.” “Personally, I am outraged at the idea of paving it. I love the way it is right now with its natural look of a trail. It’s …
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Doug Bath
8:39 am on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
"Runners talk about the paved surface being hard on their joints, but they just need to invest in better shoes" Please stick to biking advice Scott. That's not really going to work for most people. We do need some unpaved surfaces to run on. I understand you want to bike fast on the Bugline. And I have no doubt that there will soon be guys biking 25 miles per hour buzzing strollers. But runners … more ›