Another Step Taken In Extending 794

The Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission added the extension of the Lake Parkway to the Year 2035 Regional Transportation Plan, unanimously approving the six-mile project at its meeting Wednesday.

Check out the press release from Milwaukee County Supervisor Pat Jursik, a champion of this project, and coverage from Oak Creek Patch.

Jursik’s statement:

An extended Lake Parkway will provide the necessary transportation infrastructure to promote economic development in Milwaukee County’s South Shore and around the Port of Milwaukee and General Mitchell International Airport.  We are part of the increasingly powerful lake corridor mega-region that stretches from Gary, Indiana through Chicago, Illinois to Ozaukee County, Wisconsin.  I call upon State elected officials to fund this important corridor project.

Indeed, that is the hardest part about this important initiative. I’ll keep you posted.

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3 responses to “Another Step Taken In Extending 794

  1. S Urbaniak's avatar S Urbaniak

    2035? Seriously? is this a typo? That’s 23 years from now. Many of us will be gone by then.

  2. The plan says 2035, but not every project will take that long to accomplish. The best guess here is it will take at least 10 years … so patience is virtue.

  3. Rick's avatar Rick

    By 2035 the entire stretch will require rebuilding

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