Freeway widening hearing planned

The hearing will be at 4420 W. Vliet St.
How to get there: http://www.milwaukeecounty.com/washington-map.html

from the Journal Sentinel: http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/jan03/112468.asp

"The Milwaukee County Board will hold a public hearing on a proposal to widen Interstates 94 and 43 to eight lanes at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 6 in the Washington Park Senior Center, a board spokeswoman said Tuesday.

In a rarely used procedure, all supervisors will meet as a committee of the whole to hear residents testify on a Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission study of how to rebuild all area freeways as they wear out over the next 20 to 30 years.

A planning commission study committee's preliminary recommendation would expand most of the region's six-lane freeways to eight-lane freeways, boosting the reconstruction cost to $6.25 billion. All six suburban county boards have supported the plan, leaving only the Milwaukee County Board to weigh in."

by Larry Sandler