North/South Corridor

History

An ever present issue facing La Crosse city planners and officials since the mid 1940s has been the discussion of building a north-south road through the La Crosse River Valley and the wetland area known as the marsh. Follow this controversy from 1946 to the passing of an advisory referendum in 1998 blocking the city from spending money on the road. A north-south corridor is still in the plans of the La Crosse Area Planning Committee and the issue is far from decided.

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21 Jan 1946 1&2 City plan commission favors constructing new highway through marsh portrait 8 1/2 x 11 
17 Feb 1946 11 Proposed route of north south corridor portrait 8 1/2 x 11
8 Mar 1946 1 Council committees defer action on using old Green Bay right-of-way as new street portrait 8 1/2 x 11
17 July 1949 9 La Crosse major street plan, discussed more than four years, to come before Common Council . . .map landscape 11 X 17 ledger
17 July 1949 9 La Crosse major street plan, discussed more than four years, to come before Common Council . . .text landscape 8 1/2 x 11 ledger
17 July 1949 9 La Crosse major street plan, discussed more than four years, to come before Common Council . . .text landscape 8 1/2 x 11
26 Aug 1949 11 Major street proposal landscape11 x 17 legal
26 Aug 1949 11 Major street proposal landscape 8 1/2 x 11
24 June 1976 1&10 City trades Council urges downtown freeway system portrait 8 1/2 x 11
26 Aril 1978 4 Area freeway may be 25 years away (Coulee Gazette) landscape 8 1/2 x 11
12 June 1978 4 Hopes are slim for north-south freeway landscape 8 1/2 x 14 legal
12 June 1978 2 Hopes are slim for north-south freeway landscape 8 1/2 x 11
16 June 1978 1 Expressway foes spell out their reasons landscape 8 1/2 x 14 legal
16 June 1978 1 Expressway foes spell out their reasons landscape 8 1/2 x 11
8 Sept 1996 A-1 Traffic corridor report on the way portrait 8 1/2 x 11
8 Sept 1996 A-9 Traffic corridor report on the way . . . continued portrait 8 1/2 x 11
10 Oct 1996 D-1 La Crosse neighborhood group:  Rethink road issue portrait 8 1/2 x 11
11 Oct 1996 A-1 Chamber favors road through wetlands (alternative 5B-1) portrait 8 1/2 x 11
11 Oct 1996 A-8 Chamber favors road through wetlands (alternative 5B-1) . . . continued portrait 8 1/2 x 11
28 Oct 1996 A-1 Indian Hill residents fearful landscape 8 1/2 x 11
28 Oct 1996 A-6 Indian Hill residents fearful . . . continued portrait 8 1/2 x 11
28 Oct 1996 A-6 Indian Hill residents fearful . . . continued portrait 8 1/2 x 11
7 Nov 1996 C-1 Group may push referendum portrait 8 1/2 x 11
24 Jan 1997 A-1 Panel backs La Crosse's corridor plan portrait 8 1/2 x 11
24 Jan 1997 A-8 Panel back La Crosse's corridor plan . . .continued portrait 8 1/2 x 11
11 Dec 1997 A-1 Paving the way landscape 8 1/2 x 14 
11 Dec 1997 A-8 Paving the way . . . continued landscape 8 1/2 x 11legal
11 Dec 1997 A-8 Paving the way . . . continued landscape 8 1/2 x 11
18 Feb 1998 D-1 Leaders OK transportation plan for area portrait 8 1/2 x 11
21 June 1998 A-1 North-South road divides La Crosse landscape 8 1/2 x 11
21 June 1998 A-10 North-South road divides La Crosse . . . continued portrait 8 1/2 x 11
11 July 1998 C-1 'We hope the mayor is listening' landscape 8 1/2 x 14 legal
11 July 1998 C-1 'We hope the mayor is listening' . . . continued landscape 8 1/2 x 11
11 July 1998 C-4 'We hope the mayor is listening' . . . continued portrait 8 1/2 x 11
19 Sept 1998 C-1 Group to road foes:  propose alternative landscape 8 1/2 x 14 legal
19 Sept 1998 C-1 Group to road foes:  propose alternative landscape 8 1/2 x 11
25 Sept 1998 D-1 Group links downtown growth with better interstate access landscape 8 1/2 x 14 legal
25 Sept 1998 D-1 Group links downtown growth with better interstate access landscape 8 1/2 x 11
10 Oct 1998 D-5 Businesses argue for new road landscape 8 1/2 x 11
13 Oct 1998 D-1 North-South road sides debate landscape 8 1/2 x 14 legal
13 Oct 1998 D-1 North-South road sides debate landscape 8 1/2 x 11
26 Oct 1998 A-8 La Crosse marsh loss may affect flood plan landscape 8 1/2 x 14 legal
26 Oct 1998 A-8 La Crosse marsh loss may affect flood plan landscape 8 1/2 x 11
27 Oct 1998 A-8 Group supporting road raises 12 times as much as opposition group landscape 8 1/2 x 14 legal
27 Oct 1998 A-8 Group supporting road raises 12 times as much as opposition group landscape 8 1/2 x 11
28 Oct 1998 D-4 Police:  road could reduce accidents portrait 8 1/2 x 11
29 Oct 1998 A-1 Homes or highway? landscape 8 1/2 x 14 legal
29 Oct 1998 A-1 Homes or highway? landscape 8 1/2 x 11
29 Oct 1998 A-10 Homes or highway? . . . continued portrait 8 1/2 x 11
1 Nov 1998 E-1 Organized labor supports north-south road landscape 8 1/2 x 11
1 Nov 1998 E-1 Exploding the myths about the road landscape 8 1/2 x 11
1 Nov 1998 E-1 Exploding the myths about the road landscape 8 1/2 x 14 legal
4 Nov 1998 A-1 Roadblock:  city voters reject north-south road landscape 8 1/2 x 11
4 Nov 1998 A-8 Roadblock:  city voters reject north-south road . . . continued landscape 8 1/2 x 11
5 Nov 1998 A-8 Road foes agree transportation problems are remain landscape 8 1/2 x 11
25 Jan 2000 A-1 North-South road still is part of long-range plan landscape 8 1/2 x 11
25 Jan 2000 A-7 North South road still is part of long-range plan . . . continued portrait 8 1/2 x 11
26 May 2002 D-1 Group wants budget for North-South corridor eliminated portrait 8 1/2 x 11
26 May 2002 D-4 Group wants budget for North-South corridor eliminated . . . continued portrait 8 1/2 x 11
16 Dec 2002 A-1 DOT:  City traffic plan lacks new road portrait 8 1/2 x 11
16 Dec 2002 A-8 DOT:  City traffic plan lacks new road . . . continued landscape 8 1/2 x 11