Things Are Proceeding According To WisDOT Plan - - Story Hill On Chopping Block

Citizen input in the face of highway expansion being taken seriously by WisDOT?

Where the City of Milwaukee is involved, and Walker can stick it to a neighborhood where turnout against him ran high?

Forget it:

....the state is proposing to expand and relocate parts of the 2.85-mile stretch of highway between 25th and 70th streets. The proposal would displace some Milwaukee businesses and, in some residents' eyes, possibly ruin a beautiful neighborhood by sending a 40-foot-high, double-decked highway system into its midst.

Though as the Story Hill Neighborhood Association recently said:  

• Once again, we repeat in the strongest terms possible – The I-94 freeway corridor must be designed and rebuilt within the existing footprint to maintain and preserve the quality of life and housing stock in our neighborhood. We continue to oppose freeway lane expansion in either direction. This means no cutting into Bluff Park north of the freeway, and no removal of homes.
  
  
•   Double-deck option “all up” vs. Eight lanes across at grade level – Again, we are adamantly opposed to any double decking of lanes where the top level/deck is built “all up” – 25-40 feet in the air. The video and still photo simulations provided at the meetings show 4-6 lanes of traffic 25-40 feet up in the air running parallel to and at the same height as Story Parkway, bringing added air, noise and light pollution into our neighborhood, and threatens the views from Bluff Park...

By forcing an unneeded, unwanted, unaffordable, double deck, eight-lane freeway on Story Hill residents, how long can any neighborhood remain “charming” and thriving? 

Therefore, SHNA will continue to fight to keep Story Hill one of the best neighborhoods in Milwaukee.  

Thank you again for the opportunity to share our positions and to go on record as part of the public comment session. As stakeholders on this project, SHNA remains committed to working closely with WisDOT to help minimize any and all negative impacts to our community while improving public safety along the I-94 freeway corridor.  

Sincerely,  

Story Hill Neighborhood Association 

c/o 317 N. 50th St.Milwaukee, WI 53208