The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District has tapped Terra Engineering & Construction Corp. to demolish the Estabrook Dam. The Madison-based contractor submitted a low bid this fall to perform the demolition work. Members of the MMSD Commission officially awarded the contract ...

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Politics be damned, contractors are jumping at the chance to tear down the Estrabrook Dam. The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District on Tuesday opened bids it had received for the demolition of the dam in Estabrook Park, marking another step toward ...

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Milwaukee County officials say they still have unanswered questions concerning plans to demolish and remove Estabrook Dam and are calling for the state to require an environmental review of the project.

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Milwaukee leaders have spoken: It’s time to answer this dam question.

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The Estabrook Dam is a non-functioning eyesore, it's expensive to maintain and it's damaging the Milwaukee River.

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Even though the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors has squashed a veto by County Executive Chris Abele and plans to move ahead with a repair of the Estabrook Dam, the debate over the structure's future rages on.

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A Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge said Wednesday he will decide by the end of next week whether to enforce specific repair deadlines on the Estabrook Dam.

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A final timeline to repair the Milwaukee County-owned Estabrook Dam should be in place within about two weeks.

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The state Department of Natural Resources will spend $3.5 million the next two years on 15 dam construction projects, according to a news release from the DNR.

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By Joe Lanane Milwaukee County risks opening the tap on public spending if it stems the free flow of water through the damaged Estabrook Dam in Glendale, according to a biologist from Milwaukee Riverkeeper. The organization’s Cheryl Nenn said repairing ...

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