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Marathon County advances highway facility design, weighs $50 million price tag and funding options
Summary
The county committee voted to advance the new Cronin Weather highway facility to the next design phase and heard staff projections that put the project near a $50–53 million preliminary estimate; staff presented two financing options — using North Central Healthcare revenues over six years or issuing six‑year GO notes — with final financing deferred to the budget process.
Marathon County’s infrastructure committee on Thursday authorized staff to move the proposed Cronin Weather highway facility from schematic design into the design‑development phase and heard detailed cost and financing scenarios for the roughly $50 million project.
Chris Hullman, the county’s facilities representative, told the committee that schematic design is complete and walked members through the main elements of the plan: truck and equipment storage (heated and unheated), a fabrication shop, wash and repair bays, a large salt storage area with a brine facility, and supporting office and meeting space. He said the site plan has been coordinated with the village and that soil borings, utility coordination and abatement work are already under way.
"Schematic design is complete," Hullman said, describing how staff incorporated end‑user feedback and site constraints, including a floodplain and stormwater…
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