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Oct. 6, 2020 - Virtual Public Involvement Meeting (PIM)

• Meeting presentation in video format
• Meeting handout
• Downloadable comment form
• Online comment form
• Exhibits
• Project overview
• What’s Happened Since 2019?
• Project Schedule
• Project needs
• Project Purpose and Need Overview
• Safety and Crash Rates
• Segment Crashes
• Injury Crashes
• Intersection Crash Rates
• Pavement Condition
• Roadway Deficiencies
• Traffic Operations
• Existing and 2045 Projected Traffic Volume
• Level of Service Explanation
• 2045 Peak Hour Operations Summary
• 2045 Comparison of Unsignalized Intersections Operations
• Alternatives
• No Build- No action would be taken beyond normal roadway maintenance
• Alternative A - Low Build - Dismissed
• Alternative B - Four Lane Expansion and Stoughton Bypass - Dismissed
• Alternative H - Hybrid - Preferred Alternative
• Summary of Anticipated Impacts/li>
• Aerial maps - proposed improvements
• East of Stoughton
• I-39/90 to Spring Road
• City of Stoughton
• Spring Road to Railroad
• Railroad​ to WIS 138 (west)
• WIS 138 (west) to County B (east)
• Stoughton to McFarland
• County B to Exchange Street
• Brost Addition​
• Two-lane reconstruction design details
• T-Intersection Example
• 4- Legged Intersection Example
• Village of McFarland
• Exchange Street to Larson Beach Road
• Babcock Park Mitigation Measures
• Larson Beach Road to Voges Road

Sept. 26, 2019 - PIM

• Handout
• Comment Sheet
• Presentation
• Exhibit Boards
• Project Overview
• What’s Happened Since 2015?
• Project Schedule​
• Project Needs
• ​ Project Purpose and Need Overview
• Safety and Crash Rates
• Segment Crashes
• Injury Crashes
• Intersection Crash Rates
• Pavement Condition
• Roadway Deficiencies
• Traffic Operations
• Existing and 2045 Projected Traffic Volume
• Level of Service Explanation
• Key Traffic Operations Notes
• 2045 Peak Hour Operations Summary
• 2045 Comparison of Unsignalized Intersections Operations
• Alternatives
• Alternatives Considered in EA
• Summary of Anticipated Impacts
• No Build- No action would be taken beyond normal roadway maintenance
• Alternative A - Low Build - Dismissed
• Alternative B - Four Lane Expansion and Stoughton Bypass - Dismissed
• Alternative H - Hybrid​
• Aerial Maps - Proposed improvements
• East of Stoughton
• I-39/90 to Spring Road​
• City of Stoughton
• Railroad to Spring Road
• WIS 138 (west) to Railroad​
• WIS 138 (west) to County B (east)
• Stoughton to McFarland
• County B to Exchange Street
  Two-lane reconstruction/pavement replacement
• T-Intersection Example
• 4- Legged Intersection Example​
• ​​Village of McFarland
• Exchange Street to Larson Beach Road
• Babcock Park Mitigation Measures
• Larson Beach Road to Voges Road

• Handout
• Comment Sheet
• Presentation
• Exhibit Boards
• Project Overview
• What’s Happened Since 2012?
• Project Schedule
• Project Needs
• Project Purpose and Need Overview
• Safety and Crash Rates
• Segment Crashes
• Injury Crashes
• Intersection Crash Rates
• Pavement Condition
• Roadway Deficiencies
• Traffic Operations
• Existing and 2045 Projected Traffic Volume
• Level of Service Explanation
• Key Traffic Operations Results
• 2045 Peak Hour Operations Charts (No Build, A, H, B)
• 2045 Comparison of Unsignalized Intersections Operations
• Alternatives
• Alternatives Considered in EA
• Summary of Anticipated Impacts
• No Build- No action would be taken beyond normal roadway maintenance
• Alternative A- Low Build
• Alternative B- Four Lane Expansion and Stoughton Bypass
• Alternative H- Hybrid
• Aerial Maps
• East of Stoughton
• Reconstruction (Alternative A, B & H)
• City of Stoughton
• Reconstruction- Railroad to Spring Road (Alternative H)
• Reconstruction- WIS 138 (west) to Railroad (Alternative H)
• WIS 138 (west) to County B (east) Reconstruction (Alternative H & B)
• Stoughton to McFarland
• 2-Lane Reconstruction/Pavement Replacement (Alternative A & H)
• T-Intersection Example (Alternative A & H)
• 4- Legged Intersection Example (Alternative A and H)
• Village of McFarland
• Reconstruction- Exchange Street to Larson Beach Road (Alternative H & B)
• Babcock Park Mitigation Measures
• Pavement Replacement with Auxiliary Lanes- Larson Beach Road to Voges Road (Alternative A, H, & B)

Oct. 15, 2012 - PIM

• Handout
• Comment sheet Exhibit – Preliminary impact comparison
• Presentation
• Exhibits/maps
• Crash summary 2007-2009
• US 51 segments
• 51 intersections
• Alternatives
• No build - No action would be taken beyond normal roadway maintenance.
• Alternative A - Low build, safety improvements
• WIS 138 to County B
• County B to Exchange St.
• Alternative A and Alternative B - Safety improvements
• 2-lane reconstruction and passing lane east of Stoughton
• Intersection improvements at Siggelkow Rd. ramp terminals
• Intersection improvements in Stoughton
• Multi-use path (County B to Skyline Dr.)
• Alternative B - Four lane expansion and Stoughton bypass
• US 51 (County B to Exchange St.)
• 22 foot median barrier (right in/right out at Charles Ln.)
• 22 foot median barrier with access at Schneider Dr. (right in/right out at Charles Ln.)
• 50 foot median (right in/right out/left in at Charles Ln.)
• McFarland area improvements
• Exchange St. to Larson Beach Rd.
• Stoughton bypass west link
• WIS 138 to County B
• Stoughton bypass north link
• County B (US 51 to Williams Dr.)
• County B on alignment (Williams Dr. to County N)
• County B south alignment (Williams Dr. to County N)
• County B south alignment, Avoids the park (Williams Dr. to County N)
• Stoughton bypass options east of County N
• County B on alignment or County B south alignment, Avoids the park
• Skaalen to Pleasant Hill alignment, Spring Rd. east alignment, and overland alignment
• North option - East of County N
• Central option - East of County N
• South option - East of County N
• County B south alignment
• Skaalen to Pleasant Hill alignment, Spring Rd. east alignment, and overland alignment
• Stoughton area typical sections

April 14, 2011 - PIM

• Handout
• Comment sheet
• Exhibit - Preliminary impact comparison/summary
• Reasons for dismissal of Alternatives C and D
• Presentation
• Exhibits/maps
• Crash summary 2007-2009
• US 51 segments
• County B, County N and WIS 138
• US 51 intersections
• Alternatives
• No build - No action would be taken beyond normal roadway maintenance.
• Alternative A - Low build. US 51 safety improvements would be made.
• East of Stoughton (Passing lane)
• WIS 138 to Rutland Dunn Town Line Rd., overview
• WIS 138 to north of WIS 138
• Deer Point Dr. to Rutland Dunn Town Line Rd.
• County B east to Exchange St., overview
• County B to west of S. Quam Dr.
• South of Lake Kegonsa Rd. to north of Colladay Point Dr.
• County AB to south of Mahoney Rd.
• South of Mahoney Rd. to Exchange St.
• Alternative B - Four lane expansion of US 51 from Stoughton to McFarland. The potential interchange would be located at US 51 and County B/AB.
• East of Stoughton (Passing lane)
• WIS 138 to County B east, overview
• WIS 138 to north of Roby Rd.
• South of Velkommen Way to County B
• County B east to Exchange St., overview
• County B to west of S. Quam Dr.
• South of Lake Kegonsa Rd. to north of Colladay Point Dr.
• County AB to south of Mahoney Rd.
• South of Mahoney Rd. to Exchange St.
• McFarland area (South of Exchange St. to Larson Beach Rd.), overview
• South of Exchange St. to the locks/Yahara River
• South of Yahara Dr. to Larson Beach Rd.
• Alternative C and D - No longer being considered for further study.
• Reasons for dismissal of Alternatives C and D
• Stoughton bypass - Alternative B includes the Stoughton Bypass. The Stoughton Bypass is comprised of a four-lane divided urban roadway on existing US 51, WIS 138 to County B; a four-lane expansion of County B, US 51 to County N, on one of two possible alignments; along with different alternative routes for a four-lane roadway east of County N that connect back to US 51 east of Stoughton.
• County B - US 51 to County N, showing both alternative alignments
• Alternatives east of County N

May 19, 2009 (Stoughton) and May 20, 2009 (McFarland) - PIMs to present latest alternatives for public comment

• Chart - Preliminary impact comparison/summary
• Comment sheet - blank
• Presentation, part 1 of 3
• Presentation, part 2 of 3
• Presentation, part 3 of 3
• Traffic volumes
• Exhibits/maps
• Crash summary 2004 - 2006
• Alternatives
• No build - No action would be taken beyond normal roadway maintenance.
• Alternative A - Low build. US 51 safety improvements and addition of passing lanes.
• Alternative B - Four-lane expansion of US 51, Stoughton to McFarland. The potential interchange located at US 51 and County B east would be a north-south interchange (traffic wanting to travel on County B east would need to exit.).
• Typical cross sections, pages 1-7
• Stoughton, part 1 of 2 BCD
• Stoughton, part 2 of 2 BCD
• US 51 rural, part 1 of 4
• US 51 rural, part 2 of 4
• US 51 rural, part 3 of 4
• US 51 rural, part 4 of 4
• McFarland
• Alternative B1 - Four-lane expansion of US 51, Stoughton to McFarland. The potential interchange located at US 51 and County B east would be an east-west interchange (traffic wanting to travel south to downtown Stoughton would need to exit). Note: This is the same design as alternative B except the Stoughton section differs.
• Stoughton, part 1 of 2
• Stoughton, part 2 of 2
• Alternative C - Four-lane expansion of WIS 138, Stoughton to Oregon, plus US 51 safety improvements.
• Typical cross section, page 8
• WIS 138, part 1 of 4
• WIS 138, part 2 of 4
• WIS 138, part 3 of 4
• WIS 138, part 4 of 4
• Alternative D - Four-lane expansion of County N, County B east to I-39/90, plus US 51 safety improvements.
• Typical cross section, page 9
• Part 1 of 4
• Part 2 of 4
• Part 3 of 4
• Part 4 of 4
• Alternatives B, C, and D - Each includes the expansion to four lanes on County B, US 51 to County N, along with the expansion to four lanes and relocation of County N on Skaalen and Pleasant Hill roads.
• Typical cross section, page 10
• 4 lane around Stoughton (part 1 of 4)
• 4 lane around Stoughton (part 2 of 4)
• 4 lane around Stoughton (part 3 of 4)
• 4 lane around Stoughton (part 4 of 4)

Meetings prior to 2009

• May 17, 2006 (McFarland) and May 16, 2006 (Stoughton) - PIMs to present alternative concepts
• April 28, 2005 - Alternatives solutions workshop in Stoughton
• January 2004 - PIM, present preliminary results of US 51 Needs Assessment (NA)
• 2003 - Three workshops for NA portion of study

Newsletters/others

• Notice of availability of Environmental Assessment and opportunity to request a public hearing - January 2021
• Postcard - September 2020 (public meeting invite)​
• Newsletter - September 2019
• Newsletter - June 2016
• Newsletter - July 2015
• Newsletter - September 2012
• Newsletter - April 2011
• Newsletter - May 2009
• Newsletter - May 2006​

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