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Hortonville board keeps downtown Main Street at 41-foot design after resident debate
Summary
After more than 20 minutes of discussion that included residents, a county highway commissioner and project engineers, the Village of Hortonville voted to keep the proposed 41-foot Main Street cross section as engineered and maintain the 2026 construction timeline.
The Village of Hortonville board voted to keep the engineered 41-foot Main Street cross section for the downtown reconstruction project after a public discussion that included residents, business owners, the county highway commissioner and project engineers.
Board members approved a motion to maintain the plan as engineered, preserving the current lane, parking and sidewalk dimensions and keeping the project on track for 2026 construction.
The decision followed an extended exchange about street width, pedestrian priorities, traffic speed and cost. Board members and several residents referenced the narrower design recently installed in New London and an example on North Main Street in Oshkosh as precedents for a tighter downtown layout.
A village project engineer told the board…
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