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County-funded feasibility study for 30th Street rail corridor advances; ownership, transit role remain contested
Summary
Milwaukee and county officials outlined a county-managed feasibility study, funded by a WisDOT TAP grant, to explore a 7-mile 30th Street rail-and-trail corridor. Committee members pressed for clarity on ownership, access and whether commuter-rail options should be studied alongside a bike-and-pedestrian trail.
Milwaukee aldermen and county planners debated the scope and potential of a county-led feasibility study of the 30th Street rail corridor at the Jan. 13 meeting of the Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee.
Daniel Park, a transportation planner with the Milwaukee County Department of Transportation, told the committee the county is leading the study and that the work is funded by a WisDOT TAP grant (the presenters cited a $700,000 award). Park said the county’s role is to assess bicycle-and-pedestrian options that touch city streets, and to coordinate public engagement in a corridor that crosses city property and privately owned rail right-of-way.
“This is a county project, funded by the county, not a city project,” Park said, urging city council members to participate…
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