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City engineers: $752 million needed to fix local Milwaukee roads; federal grants increasingly fund arterials, leaving neighborhood streets behind
Summary
A Department of Public Works report presented to the committee finds roughly 25% of the city’s 5,100 lane miles in poor condition, with local streets disproportionately affected; eliminating the backlog on local and collector streets would cost an estimated $752 million.
A revised Department of Public Works report presented June 18 to the Milwaukee Common Council Finance & Personnel Committee estimated that it would cost roughly $752 million to repair the city’s local and collector streets currently rated in poor condition.
City Engineer Kevin Muse summarized the department’s pavement-quality surveys and said Milwaukee maintains about 5,100 lane miles of streets. The 2022 pavement survey showed about 25% of lane miles overall in poor condition, with the decline concentrated on local neighborhood streets while arterials have improved over recent surveys.
Muse and Alderman Peter Bergellis — who sponsored the communication and has pushed for increased local‑road funding — attributed…
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