OCONOMOWOC - The city submitted an
application to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation on
Wednesday requesting nearly $2 million in federal stimulus funds to
reconstruct Summit Avenue from Main Street to Thackeray Trail this
summer.
Public Works Director Mark Frye said Summit Avenue was not on the
city’s road repair schedule, but because the roadway is nearing
the end of its life, he wanted to take advantage of the available
federal funds.
"We looked at this as an excellent use of the stimulus
funds," Frye said. "If they do say no, at least we have it
engineered and ready to go."
If the DOT doesn’t approve the project, construction will be
postponed.
Frye said the same stretch of road was under construction in
1992, when the section of Highway 67 was legally transferred to the
city’s jurisdiction. Summit Avenue is the main access route to
Oconomowoc High School and Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital and one of
two main thoroughfares in the city, but Frye expects the traffic to
be manageable during the five-month construction project.
