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The long-discussed Pennsylvania/Nicholson Avenue widening is now underway … and it won’t be done until early October.
In the meantime, your patience is appreciated.
Learn more in this letter shared by the city and in these notes shared by the project’s engineer.
Some key points:
- The road officially closes Tuesday, and it will be closed to through traffic for the entire length of the project.
- Police will enforce the through-traffic closure, so be advised.
- Howell Avenue will be the official posted detour, but there are obviously other options, especially for local traffic. This includes 17th Avenue/Parkway Drive, which was the subject of a repaving project completed over the weekend.
The contact for construction-related information is Bret Swenson, project leader for Community Engineering & Building Services. He can be reached at 414-313-5940. South Milwaukee City Engineer Kyle Vandercar can answer questions about project design, and you can reach him at 762-2222.
Of course, you can also let me know of an issues as well.
Safe travels!
South Milwaukee Blog 
Please post a link to this article whenever the anti-Walmart crowd starts complaining about the increase of traffic on Chicago Ave. that is “obviously” caused by closing 11th.
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