Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Plans to extend Intel’s 3.5-mile stretchstate-94 of milwaukeeThe $1.2 billion expansion will expand the highway between 70th and 16th streets in the city from 6 lanes to 8 lanes. WisDOT claims the modernization project will reduce congestion and tracking on this section of Interstate 94, which passes through American Family Field, home of the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team.
together Ignore completely the concept of induced demandI-94 expansion projects face significant backlash from communities adjacent to I-94. be double tapped After the highway was first built in the 1960s.
One of the affected neighborhoods is Pigsville. Pigsville sits on an urban peninsula with Interstate 94 to the south, the Menomonie River to the west, and Wisconsin Avenue and Molson Coors Brewery to the north. There are no supermarkets, grocery stores, or fast food restaurants in Pigsville. It’s a food dessert where the only place to buy food is a gas station. To buy food in this part of the city without a car you would have to walk miles round trip.
urban milwaukee report Expansion of I-94 It will lead to the demolition of nearby petrol stations. An emergency care center and black-owned bar will also be demolished to accommodate the project.
There is a coalition of community organizations advocating for alternative modernization projects called Fix in 6. The plan is to repair the highway, but it will remain six lanes. Funds for the highway expansion will be diverted to the expansion of the city’s public transportation system in this area to include a new bus rapid transit line. Ideally, this plan would reduce demand on Interstate 94 and make adjacent communities safer for pedestrians and bicyclists. Fix at Six costs him $40 million less than the 8-lane expansion.
However, the Milwaukee County Commission Yesterday I voted against the non-binding amendments in the Six resolution. The resolution was not passed by one vote. Federal intervention appears to be the only way to avoid an eight-lane widening.under consideration federally funded project To remove Interstate 375 in downtown Detroit, a turnaround is not out of the question.
