Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee County gets $29M in federal funds for road improvements, new buses
MILWAUKEE – Nearly $29 million in federal funds are headed to Milwaukee County for road repairs and new buses, County Executive David Crowley announced Tuesday.
“Enhancing roadway safety and investing in public transit assets for all who use them are important in supporting the health, well-being, and economic vitality of Milwaukee County,” Crowley said in a statement.
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Almost $22 million will go toward redesigning and rebuilding segments of county-owned highways and bridges, according to the county executive’s office. Projects will focus on redesigning them as safer streets and, wherever feasible, “complete streets.”
Milwaukee County notes “corridors of concern” in its community transportation planning project, where fatal and serious injury crashes and acts of reckless driving occur regularly. It includes stretches of 76th Street, Silver Spring Drive and Layton Avenue that are now slated for full redesigns using federal funds.
Milwaukee County and the Milwaukee County Transit System will also receive more than $7 million to replace 13 buses, the county executive’s office said. MCTS has a current fleet of more than 300 buses that have an average lifespan of approximately 12 years or 500,000 miles.
“For Milwaukee County to have a modern and robust transportation network, we continually seek to provide infrastructure that also ensures the safety and well-being of the traveling public,” Donna Brown-Martin, Milwaukee County director of transportation, said in a statement. “Similarly, new buses for the MCTS fleet will support connectivity by moving more people timely and efficiently, while also reducing operational and maintenance costs through the replacement of vehicles past useful life standards.”
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The county said federal funds will also go toward street safety improvements in Greendale, Shorewood, South Milwaukee, Wauwatosa and West Allis. The county will also partner with the city of Milwaukee to address a segment of the 35th Street corridor.
A project-by-project breakdown of the federal funding can be found on the county’s website. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation awarded the money, received from the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, through its Surface Transportation Program.
It’s a sport that has been around for thousands of years, but you may have been “today years old” when you first heard about it. Lawn bowling—are you familiar?
I wasn’t, but we received a message from David Semrow asking if we were going to cover the National Lawn Bowling Championship at Lake Park.
Watch: Lawn bowling headed to Milwaukee.
Lawn bowlers converge on Milwaukee’s Lake Park for National Championships this week
I went to check it out Tuesday as players from Wisconsin, Arizona, California, and Florida competed on day one. To simply explain how the game works: there’s a small white ball on the green, and you roll a larger ball, hoping to get as close to the white ball as possible.
President of the Central Division Jim Cavender told me the sport is similar to bocce. He’s been playing for 45 years.
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His son has also caught the “lawn bowling bug” and is competing this week. I just had to know how many times people ask Jim, “What is lawn bowling?”
“Oh my gosh, I’ve gotten it all. Me and a friend were on the airplane explaining the game as we were flying out to California to a tournament. And at the end, I think a stewardess asked, ‘So how do they get that many lawns to mow in the city of Los Angeles?’ I said, ‘No, it’s not lawn mowing, it’s lawn bowling,” Cavender said.
Tournament Director and competitor Anna Witt stumbled upon the game totally by accident.
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“I was wandering around, came across Lake Park, came across all of these old people dressed up in white playing some game I’d never seen before. I got close to the fence and somebody noticed me and they’re like ‘hi, do you want to learn how to play? We give free lessons,’” Witt said.
It has been 18 years since the national games have been played in Milwaukee. You can stop by Lake Park to watch throughout the day today until Friday. The winner will go to “Worlds,” which are played in places like Australia and Scotland, where the sport is really popular.
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South Milwaukee Fire Department (SMFD)
SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Wis. – An early morning structure fire broke out in South Milwaukee on Tuesday, Sept. 10.
The South Milwaukee Fire Department responded to 1406 Marion Ave just after 12:30 a.m.
Upon arrival, fire units encountered a fire in the upper floor knee wall of a one-and-a-half story, single-family dwelling.
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All family members, including four adults and three children, were able to evacuate from the building. Fire crews found several unharmed pets that were removed from the home as well.
The fire was contained to the upper floor, with two unaccounted-for cats. The American Red Cross is assisting the family with their immediate needs.
No firefighters were injured.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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