Communities to fund connecting roads for Brown County’s Southern Bridge project
Lawrence and De Pere have announced funding in next year’s budget to help pay for connecting roads to the interchange.
DE PERE, Wis. (WBAY) - Local and state leaders met Wednesday to announce the next steps in the Southern Bridge Corridor project.
Lawrence and De Pere have announced funding in next year’s budget to help pay for connecting roads to the interchange.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is funding the interchange.
Action 2 News has been covering developments in this project for years. Plans for the bridge were first unveiled in 2015. Supporters say the bridge will alleviate heavy traffic over the Fox River at the Claude Allouez Bridge.
“Once the corridor is developed, the interchange is put in place, it will provide extraordinary economic opportunities for not just the City of De Pere, not just the Town of Lawrence, or some of the other communities that are directly adjacent to the corridor, but to all the communities in the region, for the growth of industry, the growth of manufacturing, and retail, and also residential development that we would anticipate," said Larry Delo, City of De Pere Administrator.
De Pere will allocate approximated $315,000 for connecting roads. Lawrence will allocate about $305,000 for connecting roads. Brown County will allocate about $600,000.
“This is the first meaningful investment that we are that we are placing into our overall budget to really put, a shovel in the ground, in terms of this overall project,” said Troy Streckenback, Brown County Executive.
There’s been no official announcement on the location of the bridge.
The bridge project coincides with I-41 expansion. The interchange would connect the bridge to the interstate.
Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach, Wisconsin DOT Secretary Craig Thompson, De Pere City Administrator Lawrence Delo and Lawrence Town Chairman Lanny Tibaldo attended Wednesday’s news conference.
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