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Kenosha County Highway W project prompts Salem Lakes EDC to seek regular updates and parking solutions
Summary
Committee flagged the Kenosha County Highway W improvement project as likely to affect Downtown Wilmot businesses and residents, agreed to invite county representatives for an update, and tasked Pete to compile weekly look-ahead information and contacts; discussion also covered parking lot acquisition and potential truck-route requests to the county.
Committee members raised concerns about the Kenosha County Highway W improvement project and its potential disruption to downtown Wilmot businesses. Members said they have not recently seen updated timelines and agreed the village should seek a county presentation to share staging, lane closures, and a week-by-week look-ahead that could be posted to village email subscribers.
A member suggested asking the county to provide weekly look-ahead updates for 30-, 15- and 7-day windows so the village can disseminate changing schedules to residents and businesses. "We're going to be the ones getting the complaints," the chair said, urging proactive communication. Pete volunteered to contact the county and obtain presentation materials and contact information for dissemination.
Members also discussed potential mitigation options: requesting a county exploration of truck-routing alternatives to reduce heavy commercial traffic through downtown, investigating acquisition or philanthropic purchase of an empty lot for additional parking (budget constraints acknowledged), and looking at diagonal parking or other short-term parking expansions.
Next steps: Pete will research how to obtain weekly schedules and contact information from county lead staff (Greg Bolt and other county/state contacts were mentioned), and the committee will consider asking the village board to send a formal request or resolution to the county about truck routing and communication during construction.
