Germantown outlines 2025 road program, Main Street sidewalk repairs to begin after July 4

Germantown Public Works Director Matt Mortwood and Village Engineer Kevin Driscoll presented the village’s 2025 annual road program Wednesday and said work on the Main Street sidewalk and several road reconstruction projects is planned to begin this summer.

Mortwood said the village’s road program has historically been funded at about $1,500,000 and that this year’s allocation increased about 3% to approximately $1,560,000. He said the program uses PASER ratings (a 1–10 Wisconsin DOT pavement condition scale) and traffic volumes to prioritize reconstruction and that the village recently completed its 2025 PASER survey; the 2023 survey remains part of the prior record.

The approved program for the coming year includes work on Sylvan Saves Drive, Montgomery Drive, Wagon Trail and repair of selected Main Street sidewalk segments from Squire to Fond du Lac. Mortwood said the sidewalk work is under contract and is anticipated to begin in early July, after Fourth of July events, and that the village will send direct notices to affected businesses and residents.

Mortwood warned that driveway approaches that sit within the public right of way will likely be removed and replaced with asphalt as part of the road work. “There are folks in Germantown who have concrete driveways. The village is always going to replace your approach with asphalt,” he said, adding that staff will work with property owners to maintain access during construction.

Mortwood directed residents to the village website’s public works and engineering pages for the full road program spreadsheet and a map showing planned years for reconstruction. He cautioned that projects shown in years three through ten are estimates and subject to change when the PASER ratings are re-evaluated.

The presenters said the village will post the slide deck and a recording of the presentation online and provided contact information for questions.