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Kenosha panel approves 2026–2030 stormwater CIP, flags multimillion-dollar flood-control needs
Summary
The Kenosha Stormwater Utility Commission reviewed and recommended the 2026–2030 capital improvement plan, noting aging multi-plate sewers, major Tremper-area flood-control projects in 2028–2030 that could cost tens of millions, and continued grant-seeking with Senator Baldwin’s office. Commissioners approved referring the CIP to Finance.
The Kenosha Stormwater Utility Commission recommended the Stormwater Utility’s 2026–2030 capital improvement plan (CIP) after a staff presentation that highlighted deteriorating infrastructure and growing project costs.
Staff told the commission that several prior projects undertaken over the last four to five years had reduced some flood risk but would not eliminate all vulnerability. They said inspections of an existing multi-plate storm sewer — the outlet continuing under 52nd Street toward the lake and the Harbor — revealed accelerated deterioration in two sections and that the next CIP phase would likely fund a lining project for that section.
The nut of the presentation was the size and timing of future flood-control projects. Staff and commissioners pointed to upcoming Tremper-area flood-control work and other projects in Allendale,…
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