DOT Pitching 8 Highway 38 Route Alternatives
While officials with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation presented their rationale for ditching 26 alternative routes for Highway 38. One village trustee wonders why the road just can't be fixed.
Plans to reroute Highway 38 won’t likely take place for a number of years, but the question of what path the state highway will follow is a major sticking point. Representatives from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation originally had 34 alternative routes for Highway 38, but that number has dwindled to eight. Tthey outlined those plans at a Village Board meeting Tuesday. Brian Wilson, an engineer with the DOT, explained that those eight alternative routes have been grouped into subcategories, which include following along Highway H, the existing Highway 38 corridor and the Canadian Pacific Railway railroad line. A fourth alternative subgroup was also designated, but was tossed out because it didn’t meet the DOT’s requirements. With …
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Shane Kapugia
8:42 am on Friday, March 29, 2013
Need better visibility at intersections. If you are stopped trying to cross 38 at some of those crossing roads, it can be difficult to see the traffic on 38. I myself almost had a motorcyclist pull out in front of me while I was traveling north on 38, the motorcyclist was on 4 mile rd. He did pull out but stopped when he finally saw me. Putting stop signs up at every road crossing is not the … more ›