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City engineer: WisDOT will present detailed alternatives for I‑794; city has not taken formal position
Summary
City engineers told the Public Works Committee on Jan. 8 that the Wisconsin Department of Transportation has narrowed study concepts and will release detailed alternatives — including a full removal option — under an elevated federal environmental review; the city is seeking more traffic and economic analysis before taking a position.
MILWAUKEE — Kevin Muse, the city engineer, updated the Public Works Committee on Jan. 8 about the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s ongoing study of the I‑794 lakefront interchange east of the Milwaukee River.
Muse said WisDOT has been refining multiple concepts down to a smaller set of detailed alternatives that it plans to release in the next several months. The alternatives work will now accompany an environmental impact statement — the most extensive level of federal review under the National Environmental Policy Act —…
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