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DNR-led plan for gate at Lakeshore State Park access road draws questions on enforcement and timeline
Summary
The committee reviewed a multi-agency plan for improving safety at the Lakeshore State Park access road and heard that the Department of Natural Resources plans to install a vehicular gate this year; jurisdictional complexity, limited DNR warden capacity and questions about enforcement and lighting were central concerns.
The Public Works Committee discussed a multi-agency effort to address loitering, noise and illegal activity on the vehicle access road linking Erie Street to Lakeshore State Park. The committee heard that the underlying ownership and maintenance responsibilities are divided among the Board of Harbor Commissioners, the Summerfest leaseholder, and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) under a conservation easement.
A committee memo and a project timeline in the file say DNR intends to install a vehicular gate east of the Hoan Bridge and to pay for the roughly $30,000 installation, with a preliminary schedule that includes stakeholder review in May, signing of an addendum to the conservation easement in June or July, bid…
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