Sure sign of summer: Road work ahead
Construction planned on three major highways
May 18, 2010 | 0 comments
Drivers who take Barker Road, North Avenue or Moorland Road through Brookfield will find themselves dealing with road construction this summer.
Two big projects - a roundabout at Barker Road and North Avenue and the reconstruction of Moorland Road between Greenfield Avenue and Interstate 94 - have started or will start within the next month and last throughout the summer.
Barker Road and North Avenue
The county will replace the current intersection - a four-way stop - at Barker Road (County Highway Y) and North Avenue (County Highway M) with a multilane roundabout.
Street lights also will be added, and the roundabout will accommodate bicycle traffic.
Construction is expected to start June 15 and will wrap up by mid-August, said Craig Donze of One Source Consulting, the consultant on the project. Utility work was completed on the project this winter.
Donze said more than half the project should be completed within the first month.
The intersection will be open to traffic during construction, but motorists will not be able to go east and west through the intersection on North Avenue. Emergency vehicles will be able to travel east and west to access Elmbrook Memorial Hospital.
Motorists are encouraged to use Gebhardt Road or River Road to avoid the construction, Donze said.
When the work is finished, Barker Road expand from one to two lanes just north and south of the intersection, but North Avenue will remain at one lane in each direction.
The project is funded via stimulus fund money, so no local contribution is necessary. Donze said the estimated project cost is $1 million.
Moorland Road
Stimulus money - to the tune of $1.93 million - also will be used to reconstruct the quarter-mile segment of Moorland Road between Greenfield Avenue and I-94 for this summer.
The project has already started and is expected to wrap up by Aug. 5. During construction, crews will replace the asphalt road surface with concrete pavement, and add curbs and gutters to the heavily-traveled thoroughfare. A sidewalk also will be built on the west side of the street.
The existing traffic signals at Moorland and Hackberry Lane also will be rebuilt.
The road will remain open in both directions during the construction, but travel will be restricted to two lanes in each direction instead of the normal three lanes.
While the road will not be closed at any point during construction, Kevin Yanny, project manager with Waukesha County, said drivers might want to find an alternate north-south route. He also encouraged motorists to slow down when driving through the construction zone.
Other work
The city's main road project this summer is the reconstruction of the intersection of Lilly and Lisbon roads on Brookfield's northeast side, but Public Works Director Tom Grisa said delays in land acquisition could push the project back.
Whenever it is constructed, the project calls for replacing temporary signals at the intersection and adding turn lanes, curbs, gutters and sidewalks.
City officials want to complete the project before school resumes this fall.
The city has about $750,000 in its 2010 capital improvement budget for the construction.
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