Milwaukee aerotropolis still in holding pattern

Lake Parkway extension gets support from committee

Published: December 6, 2012
Tags: Edgerton Avenue, General Mitchell International Airport, Highway 100, Lake Parkway Extension, Pat Jursik, Port of Milwaukee, SEWRPC

A six-mile project to extend the Lake Parkway from Edgerton Avenue to Highway 100 has been added to the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission’s Year 2035 Regional Transportation Plan.

Contractor keeps buildings performing well

Published: October 25, 2012
Tags: Building Services and Consultant LLC, General Mitchell International Airport, Insulation Technologies Inc., INTEC, Jaime Hurtado

Performance is key at Milwaukee-based Insulation Technologies Inc., whether in the buildings the company inspects and repairs or in the employees behind the work. Insulation Technologies, or INTEC, “comes from a view that a home or a building has different components that all work together,” President Jaime Hurtado said. “We look at how the components [...]

Mitchell airport gets $1.45M for fencing, pavement work

Published: July 26, 2012
Tags: General Mitchell International Airport, Mitchell airport, WisDOT

Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday approved a $1.45 million project to improve airfield safety, pavement and fencing at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, according to a Wisconsin Department of Transportation news release.

Mitchell airport to get $6.6 million runway upgrade

Published: June 26, 2012
Tags: General Mitchell International Airport, Mitchell airport, runway, WisDOT

Milwaukee County and the state will each contribute $827,500 to a $6.6 million project to repave part of the main runway intersection at General Mitchell International Airport, according to a news release from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

Mitchell’s Airport Spur work starts next week

Published: February 15, 2012
Tags: 13th Street, Airport Spur, bridge, General Mitchell International Airport, Mitchell airport, WIS 119, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation will close the westbound lanes of the Airport Spur in Milwaukee starting Monday.

Some heavy lifting

Published: January 6, 2012
Tags: College Avenue, Dale Keskimaki, General Mitchell International Airport, Harnack, Josh Comfort, Milwaukee, Mitchell airport, Vista Design & Construction

Josh Comfort (left) and Dale Keskimaki, both of Vista Design & Construction LLC, Milwaukee, move a 70,000-pound, 94-foot-long beam into position over College Avenue on Thursday in Milwaukee.

Mitchell airport to get $14 million in projects

Published: October 31, 2011
Tags: airport, bridge, electrical, General Mitchell International Airport, Mitchell airport, roads, Wisconsin Department of the Transportation, WisDOT

Gov. Scott Walker has approved more than $14 million in improvement projects to Milwaukee County’s General Mitchell International Airport, according to a state Department of Transportation news release.

Milwaukee contractor sues over airport snow removal (UPDATE)

Published: September 8, 2011
Tags: Birchwood Snow & Landscape Contractors, CB Richard Ellis, Ferrandino & Son, General Mitchell International Airport, lawsuit, Mitchell airport, snow removal

A Milwaukee contractor is suing a New York company for failing to pay more than $40,000 it owed on a snow removal contract at General Mitchell International Airport.

Jet lag

Published: August 23, 2011
Tags: College Avenue Tunnel, Collins Engineers, General Mitchell International Airport, Lunda Construction Co., Milwaukee, Mitchell airport, Rainbow Inc., Tokarczyk