Langlade County Farmland Preservation Plan 2014
In 2010, agriculture constituted a $59 billion industry in Wisconsin. Farmland around the country is being lost at an alarming rate, and, once it is gone, we cannot get it back. Farmland preservation planning is crucial to preserve the agricultural land remaining in Wisconsin, because of the economic importance of agriculture in the State and the potential for loss of our agricultural land base.
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Langlade County Land and Water Resource Management 2015-2019
The Langlade County Land and Water Resource Management Plan is drafted as a 5-
year plan (2015-2019) with a 5-year Work Plan (2015-2019) in accordance to the
requirements set forth in Chapter 92 of the Wisconsin Statutes.
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Marathon County Transportation Program Needs Assessment – 2014
The Marathon County Transportation Coordinating Committee (TCC) is responsible for the elderly and disabled transportation in the County. The TCC has determined it wants a better understanding of what the needs are for transportation for these groups across the County. This Needs Assessment is intended to compile information the TCC can use to begin to make decisions as to whether they have, at least at the County level, the ability to meet some of the needs that are out there and do some things where those needs might occur.
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Vilas County Land and Water Resource Management 2015-2024
The Vilas County Land and Water Resource Management Plan is drafted as a 10-year plan (2015-2024) with a 5-year Work Plan (2015-2019) in accordance to the requirements set forth in Chapter 92 of the Wisconsin Statutes.
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NCWRPC News Fall 2014 – Issue 54
STH 64/Pine Ridge Avenue Access Safety Study 2013
State Trunk Highway (STH) 64 (aka East Main Street) is one of the City of Merrill’s two principal arterials and is the major east-west corridor through the city. The other principal arterial is the north-south Center Avenue/County K (Bus. 51) corridor. The STH 64 / East Main Street and Pine Ridge Avenue intersection area is one of four major areas of employment in the city. Recent and proposed development on Pine Ridge Avenue have raised concerns about the effect of those changes on the operations and safety of STH 64 / E. Main Street and the interchange ramps from STH 64 to USH 51. The purpose of this study is to determine potential future mitigation measures and improvements on STH 64 as well as the local street network for safety and operations.
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Village of Spencer Traffic Count Report
The Village of Spencer requested traffic counting services from the North Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission for three locations within the Village.
Oneida County Outdoor Recreation Plan 2014-2018
Outdoor Recreation Plan
The primary purpose of this recreation plan is to provide continued direction toward meeting the current and future recreation needs of the county. This is accomplished through an inventory and analysis of outdoor recreational facilities, and the establishment of recommendations to meet identified needs.
This Outdoor Recreation Plan (ORP) was prepared pursuant to Wisconsin Statute §23.30 Outdoor Recreation Program. This section serves “to promote, encourage, coordinate, and implement a comprehensive long-range plan to acquire, maintain, and develop for public use, those areas of the state best adapted to the development of a comprehensive system of state and local outdoor recreation facilities and services…”
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NCWRPC News Spring 2014 – Issue 53