Reminder: Public hearings for I-94 North-South Corridor scheduled December 11 and 12

December 11, 2007

Community encouraged to attend and provide testimony

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) will hold a series of public hearings to present the preferred alternative to modernize and expand the I-94 North-South Corridor, extending from the Mitchell Interchange area in Milwaukee to the Illinois state line. Hearings were held in Oak Creek and Kenosha last week.  Hearing dates and locations for this week are as follows:

Racine area
December 11, 2007
5 to 8 p.m.
CATI Center
2320 Renaissance Boulevard
Sturtevant, WI
Bus route 27

Milwaukee
December 12, 2007
4 to 8 p.m.
Best Western Airport
5105 South Howell Avenue
Milwaukee, WI
Bus routes 80, 11

The public is encouraged to provide comments in a number of ways:

• Utilize the court reporters at the hearing locations to provide oral testimony.
• Comment by mail to: WisDOT - Attn: Bob Gutierrez PO Box 798 Waukesha, WI 53187-0798
  (pre-addressed comment forms will be available at the hearings)
• Fax comments to (262) 548-5662
• Call the project hotline (262) 548-8721
• E-mail comments to dotsefreeways94nsc@dot.state.wi.us

Comments should be postmarked by December 31, 2007.

The hearings are an open-house format. Short presentations will be given every 30-45 minutes throughout the evening. Exhibits will be on display and members of the study team will be available to answer questions and discuss specific project issues.

The meeting locations are wheelchair accessible. Persons with hearing impairments who want to request an interpreter for the meeting should contact the WISDOT Telephone Device for the Deaf (TDD) at (608) 246-5381.

A copy of the draft environmental impact statement (EIS) is on the project Web site www.sefreeways.org.

For more information, contact:
Bob Gutierrez
(262) 548-5622, roberto.gutierrez@dot.state.wi.us

Emlynn Grisar
(262) 521-5373, emlynn.grisar@dot.state.wi.us