Published: March 17, 2010
Tags: BidBlog, blog, flood, Gays Mills, Kickapoo River, Knoedler, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD, river, Soldiers Grove, Spring Green
By Ann Knoedler
I can imagine how idyllic it must be to live on the shores of a pretty river, but sometimes Mother Nature can be a tough neighbor.
Several southwest and southeast Wisconsin communities found this out the hard way and made the decision to resolve their flooding problems in dramatic fashion: they are either in [...]
Published: March 11, 2010
Tags: Emerald Park Landfill, Hawk Construction, Jones Island, methane, Mike Martin, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, Muskego, pipeline, sewer treatment plant, Spoerl, utility, Zywicki
By Sean Ryan
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District engineers are trying to line up an alternative methane pipeline route to avoid the trouble of building through a dense urban area.
“The closer we get into the city, a number of issues come up,” said Mike Martin, MMSD technical services director. “It’s just purely the congestion because of utilities [...]
Published: February 25, 2010
Tags: flood, Michael Lewis, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, prevention, redevelopment, runoff, Stibal, storm water, Tim Bate, West Allis
By Sean Ryan
West Allis planners would rather sacrifice the flood-prevention benefits of new runoff rules than risk losing redevelopment opportunities.
The city, which flooded when storms swept through southeast Wisconsin in 2008 and 2009, is leading the charge against the proposed Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District rules, which are designed to prevent floods. The district’s existing rules [...]
Published: February 17, 2010
Tags: Dave Wheaton, Edgerton Contractors, erosion control, fee, flood-control project, inspection, lawsuit, Lewandowski, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, Schimmel, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Court of Appeals
By Sean Ryan
Edgerton Contractors Inc., which was on the losing end of a Wednesday appeals court decision, still could fight to recoup a $43,900 fee it paid Wauwatosa on a 2006 project.
The Oak Creek-based contractor was the general on a $16.9 million Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District flood-control project in Wauwatosa. The contractor paid Wauwatosa $43,900 [...]
Published: December 22, 2009
Tags: Jensen, Lewis, Mielke, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, redevelopment, Ruekert & Mielke, runoff, southeast Wisconsin, storm water, Thur, West Allis
By Sean Ryan
Municipal engineers in southeast Wisconsin will not accept new runoff rules without an explanation of cost and effect for redevelopment projects.
“We just need to think about more of the possibilities and kind of narrow down more of the costs,” said Michael Lewis, West Allis director of public works and city engineer.
The proposed Milwaukee [...]
Published: December 9, 2009
Tags: Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin, bike lanes, development, lanes, Marcoux, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Department of Public Works, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, Milwaukee Public Works, Milwaukee Public Works Committee, reconstruction, retail, Sanfelippo, Second Street, Shafer, Walkers Point Plaza, Witkowiak, Wontach
Comments: 3
By Sean Ryan
Business owners on Second Street in Milwaukee disagree over the balance of driving lanes and sidewalks that will best lure customers.
A city plan supported by most of the business owners would reduce the number of traffic lanes from four to two to make room for wider sidewalks, more trees, planters and a bike [...]
Published: November 16, 2009
Tags: 100-year storm, American Public Works Association's Wisconsin Chapter, engineer, G factor, Grisa, Grisa Scale, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, public works, rainfall, storm water, University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, Wisconsin Initiative for Climate Change Impacts
Comments: 1
By Sean Ryan
Increased intensity and frequency of rainstorms has researchers in the state considering more storm-water regulations.
The so-called 100-year storms, which dump roughly six inches of rain in 24 hours, are occurring more frequently. That is leading planners, up to their ankles in floods, to wonder if they must design larger systems to handle more [...]
Published: October 26, 2009
Tags: capital budget, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, sewer, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association
Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
The development market might not let the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District dramatically slash its construction budget in the next five years.
Milwaukee-area underground contractors are rooting for the market.
“This is not going to stop next year, and there is pressure from the southern communities of Franklin and Muskego to build,” said Richard Wanta, executive director [...]
Published: October 16, 2009
Tags: flooding, Kinnickinnic River, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, tax base
Comments: 2
Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
A $49.9 proposed million widening of the Kinnickinnic River to prevent flooding is drawing groans from a Milwaukee alderman who says the project would remove too many homes.
Fewer homes, he says, means less tax money.
“We’re trying to throw some light on this,” said Alderman Robert Bauman, “and maybe there’s another perspective on this, and [...]
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