Vliet Street, Lisbon Avenue, Bolivar Avenue, and a whole lot of other eligible streets are on the city’s wish list for stimulus funding. Proposed project costs total $77 million.
Nothing for the shoddily-rebuilt Hawley Rd. viaduct, darn it.
The wish list, recommended for approval last week by the Common Council’s Public Works Committee, is here. City Engineer Jeff Polenske told the committee that projects selected met funding criteria and could be done quickly.
“We’re not looking at projects where we’re looking at taking any kind of real estate,” he said.
The urbanized area qualifies for $38.7 million in stimuls funding for transportation projects, plus $15 million for a transportation enhancement program, he said.
“These are projects that we feel can meet the very tight criteria, the very tight timelines” established for the funding.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation and an advisory committee established by the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission will review the proposed project to ensure they qualify for stimulus funding, Polenske said. Local residential streets do not qualify for funding.
Not all of the proposed projects will be funded, he said.
“We do have a fairly comprehensive list,” he said.
