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Committee approves vacating portion of 20 Eighth Avenue right-of-way; removes official city mapping
Summary
The Wausau Infrastructure and Facilities Committee voted in October 2025 to vacate a portion of the 20 Eighth Avenue corridor right-of-way and to remove the associated lands from the city’s official map, steps staff said will return the parcels to Marathon County and allow the county to dispose of them under its own procedures.
The Wausau Infrastructure and Facilities Committee voted to vacate a portion of the 20 Eighth Avenue corridor right-of-way and to remove the corresponding parcels from the city’s official map during its October 2025 meeting, city staff said.
City staff said the parcels in question were purchased and dedicated as right-of-way by Marathon County years earlier. “Since the city’s not going to pursue that corridor anymore to rebuild 20 Eighth Avenue, the county has asked that we vacate this right-of-way,” Alan, city staff, told the committee. If the council completes the vacation, Alan said, the land would revert to Marathon County and the county has told the city it would likely sell the parcels afterward.
The vacating motion passed on a motion recorded…
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