Mayor outlines $30M Main Street rebuild, housing push and flood work in State of the City

MADISON — Mayor Bob Courtney told a packed audience at the Fairfield during Madison City’s State of the City that the administration will begin reconstruction of Main Street in 2025, accelerate housing projects across the city and continue large stormwater mitigation work after severe flooding in 2021.

Courtney said, “Madison is on the move,” and summarized investments and programs that he said are meant to preserve historic districts, expand housing and protect neighborhoods from flooding. He highlighted a slate of recent accomplishments — including the grand reopening of Crystal Beach Aquatic Park, six ribbon-cutting ceremonies in 2024 and three recognitions that the city received last year — and laid out infrastructure and housing priorities for the coming years.

The mayor said the Main Street reconstruction will be the city’s largest single road investment in decades and that about $20 million of a roughly $30 million total rebuilding effort is scheduled for the next three years. He said the project will use a mix of Community Crossing grants, federal highway grants and local funds; he thanked the governor’s office and the…