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Resident urges $15,000 for Cayuga Path crosswalk markings; council authorizes painting
Summary
At public comment, resident Mark Ovid asked the Middleton Common Council to allocate $15,000 from contingency to add pavement markings for the Cayuga Path crosswalk. The council later approved Resolution 2025-52 to use contingency funds to paint the University Avenue/Cayuga Court crosswalk.
During the public comment portion of the Middleton Common Council meeting, resident Mark Ovid said he supported the council's Cayuga Path resolution and asked the council to allocate $15,000 from the general contingency fund to add pavement markings at the new crosswalk.
"I'm here tonight to speak about in support of the Cayuga Path Resolution with the, dollars 15,000 from the contingency fund to put in the pavement markings," Ovid said. He added that staff had worked to find a solution after the original city project manager did not include the crosswalk markings in the project and urged the council to consider extending the 10-foot path south across University Avenue to Elmwood Avenue in future active-transportation planning.
Later in the meeting, when Council considered Resolution 2025-52 authorizing use of general contingency funds for painting the crosswalk at University Avenue and Cayuga Court, the mayor and council referenced a resident report that a bicyclist had nearly been struck and that cars were not stopping for users. The council voted to approve the resolution unanimously and directed Public Works to carry out the painting.
What happens next: Public Works is to schedule painting of the crosswalk; the council discussion also encouraged future consideration of a path extension to better connect the trail network into downtown.
