The community is invited to weigh in on possible designs for a two-mile stretch of North Sherman Boulevard from West North Avenue to West Capitol Drive.
The second public meeting for the North Sherman Boulevard Project is scheduled from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 31 at Mary Ryan Boys & Girls Club, 3000 N. Sherman Blvd.
What is the purpose of the meeting?
The City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Department of Transportation and design firms are collaborating to improve the Sherman Boulevard corridor’s overall design and safety.
Residents can attend the open-house style meeting any time during the two-hour window to view exhibit boards of four potential design alternatives for the roadway, talk with the project’s designers and give feedback on the options.
“I think one of the biggest things that we need to push is the urgency in that we will be deciding on an alternative in the next couple months, so we need to hear from the public now,” said Alyssa Tapia, public involvement and community engagement specialist with the project.
The project team held its first public meeting in August, and community members gave feedback that was used in creating the design alternatives that will be presented at this week’s meeting.
“We got a sense at that first meeting of what were some of the biggest concerns that stakeholders had, general consensus of what they hoped the roadway would accomplish, specifically things like reckless driving and speeds,” Tapia said.
What if you can’t make it?
The design alternatives and information presented at the meeting will be posted afterward on the project’s website and Social Pinpoint, according to Tapia.
You can get in touch with the North Sherman Boulevard Project’s public involvement team by contacting 262-853-0350 or at shermanblvd@milwaukee.gov. You can also sign up to receive email updates.
In the event of inclement weather, the meeting will be rescheduled.
Meredith Melland is the neighborhoods reporter for the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service and a corps member of Report for America, a national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities. Report for America plays no role in editorial decisions in the NNS newsroom.
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