Milwaukee County Hosting Workshops for Community to Share Input on Street Safety Improvements

MILWAUKEE COUNTY – This summer, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley signed legislation affirming Milwaukee County’s commitment to Vision Zero and combatting reckless driving, traffic violence, and fatal and serious injury crashes by the year 2037.

As part of this effort and the Complete Communities Transportation Planning Project, the Milwaukee County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) is hosting three more Safer Streets Workshops across the county. The purpose of these events is to share potential safe streets redesign and infrastructure solutions for Milwaukee County’s Corridors of Concern (roadways with the highest safety risks based on community feedback and crash data history). MCDOT will feature a handful of these Corridors of Concern at each meeting based on their proximity to the meeting location.

“Enhancing the safety of our roads is one of the most important issues facing the health, well-being, and economic vitality of our community. We simply must increase multimodal safety and reduce reckless driving,” said County Executive Crowley. “I am encouraging community members to attend one of our upcoming workshops to provide input about making our roads safer for all who use them – because lives depend on it.”

The Safer Streets Workshops will be an open house format with informational materials and activities designed for residents to provide opinions on which safe streets solutions may work best on the roadways and intersections they use every day. Two workshops have already taken place on the Northwest Side at the Milwaukee Public Library Good Hope Branch and on the North Shore at the Whitefish Bay Public Library.

All are welcome to join at the remaining community locations:

• NEAR NORTH SIDE MEETING: Tuesday, October 1, 6:00PM-7:30PM

Gee’s Clippers
2200 N. Doctor M.L.K. Jr. Dr.
Milwaukee, WI 53212
Accessible on MCTS Routes 19 and 21
Featured Corridors of Concern:  Capitol Drive, Fond du Lac Avenue, Hampton Avenue, North Avenue, Sherman Boulevard, 27th Street

• SOUTHWEST SIDE MEETING: Saturday, October 12, 1:00PM-2:30PM

West Allis Farmer’s Market
6501 W. National Ave.
West Allis, WI 53214
Accessible on MCTS Routes 18 and 54
Featured Corridors of Concern:  S. 60th Street-Hawley Road, S. 76th Street, S. 92nd Street, S. 108th Street, Miller Park Way, National Avenue

• SOUTH SIDE MEETING: Tuesday, October 15, 6:00PM-7:30PM

Milwaukee Public Library, Mitchell Street Branch
906 W. Historic Mitchell St.
Milwaukee, WI 53204
Accessible on MCTS Routes 19, 20, 54 and 80
Featured Corridors of Concern:  27th Street-Layton Boulevard, S. Lake Drive, Layton Avenue, Lincoln Avenue, National Avenue

Attendees will have the chance to discuss their ideas in-person with MCDOT’s project team and ask questions. This feedback will help shape Milwaukee County’s Comprehensive Safety Action Plan, which MCDOT is currently developing with support from nationally renowned transportation safety experts, community stakeholders, officials from each municipality, and the public. MCDOT aims to have the Comprehensive Safety Action Plan completed by February 2025. At that time, Milwaukee County will be eligible to apply for federal funding from the United States Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program to support design and construction of a select list of high-priority safe street redesigns and infrastructure solutions.

The first 20 attendees at each meeting will be eligible for a free high-viz vest giveaway (Limit 1 per household). Sign up to join the meetings HERE.

More information about Milwaukee County’s efforts to combat reckless driving is available HERE.

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.