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Planning staff outline Southeast and Southwest area-plan priorities; affordable housing and connectivity top community concerns
Summary
City planning staff updated the commission on two area plans that cover land use, transportation and community action strategies. Public feedback highlighted affordable housing as the top priority, Highway 51 and Verona Road as major barriers, missing sidewalks, speeding, and requests for better bus shelters and bike connections.
Planning staff briefed the Transportation Commission on June 25 about the Southeast and Southwest Area Plans, long-range neighborhood-level components of Madison’s comprehensive plan that will guide land use, transportation, housing and community investment over the next decade.
Jeff Greger, a city planner co-leading the Southeast plan, and Ben Zellers, co-leading the Southwest plan, reviewed phase 1 engagement results and the schedule for drafting recommendations. Greger said each plan addresses the comp plan’s seven elements and that the teams completed public open houses, interactive mapping, a scientific community survey (first wave: more than 900 responses), and a “Madison madness” prioritization exercise that drew more…
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