Thursday, April 30, 4:30pm-7:30pm at the Marriott downtown (that’s tonight!!)
Tuesday, May 5, 4:30pm-7:30pm at St Francis HS
This is your LAST chance to provide direct feedback about 794 before WisDOT develops a recommendation. Based off their analyses, they’re already leaning towards rebuilding it via the “freeway improvement” option. If Milwaukee doesn’t SHOW UP they will go with that as their recommendation. An urban freeway in Milwaukee for another 50 years is untenable.
Website: https://www.794lakeinterchange.wisconsindot.gov/
Upcoming 794 WisDOT slides for the meeting: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hbuw3VqInJxr9pM2CCZjOKFwKV0YuH6C/view
As an example of WisDOT being biased towards the freeway option, they keep showing traffic backing up when 2 bridge lifts occur during rush hour under the freeway removal option. But Milwaukee blocks bridge lifts during rush hour, which they fail to mention or consider.
They also always have a PIM in the south shore suburbs. I attended one and it was filled with people who were in an uproar about freeway removal while also hating on the city (not everyone there, but a huge portion). The polls coming out of the meetings are against freeway removal and heavily skewed towards the south shore. Instead of listening to all of Milwaukee, they’re listening primarily to those against removal.
I could keep going on and on but the important point is that people have to show up!
Additional history on 794 in case you want more background: https://youtu.be/gszcAEESCkc?si=nBpZme5F-jZ0nVwJ