The Wisconsin Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing to consider the establishment of Highway 45 as a controlled access highway. Further information concerning the proposed improvement is available for inspection at the Department’s Regional Office at 141 NW Barstow Street, Waukesha, WI 53187, telephone 262-521-5354.
A Public Hearing will convene at 7 p.m. on Monday March 12, at the Kenosha County Center, 19600 75th St., Bristol.
Highway 45 passes north-south through Bristol and Paris in Western Kenosha County.
Apparently WI DOT wants to put a roundabout in at the intersection of Rte 45 and County K.
I believe Roundabouts look better only on paper than they do in asphalt and concrete with big trucks trying to negotiate them. They tend to impede traffic on lightly traveled roads and experience higher accident rates.
On their behalf, I admit they are trendy and very ‘European.’ Unfortunately, WI – DOT seems to favor them, even when local public safety officers don’t. As is the case in Paris township, according to the minutes of their December 22, 2011 meeting.
If you use travel through the Intersection of K and 45, you might want to tell WI-DOT your thoughts, before they commit to spending your tax dollars to impede your transiting that intersection.
Remember March 12 at the Kenosha County Building at 50 and 45, 7 PM.
They work FOR us don’t they?