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Committee reviews 2025 PACER ratings and directs targeted traffic data collection near schools and Highway N
Summary
The Public Works committee reviewed the village's 2025 PACER street-condition ratings and directed staff to prioritize targeted traffic and safety monitoring—particularly near Highway N, Cottage Grove Road, and school zones—citing a developer study that forecasts about a 20% traffic increase related to the Amazon site.
The Public Works, Properties, and Sustainability Committee heard an update on the village’s 2025 PACER street-condition ratings and agreed to begin targeted traffic-data collection at priority intersections, including Highway N near Cottage Grove School and major intersections along Cottage Grove Road.
Public Works staff (Speaker 5) said the PACER map from WisDOT shows many streets rated three-to-four (yellow), which align with the village’s 10-year capital improvement plan for pulverization and reconstruction. "You can see we have a lot of threes and fours," Speaker 5 said, noting that higher-rated streets (sevens to tens) are recently reconstructed and in solid condition.
Speaker 6, the committee’s traffic expert, explained…
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