GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Some big changes for travelers using Velp Avenue in Green Bay.
Starting Thursday, August 11, the Velp Avenue interchange and Velp Avenue under I-41 will be closing for 60 days.
Wisconsin DOT communications manager Mark Kantola explains what they are doing.
“We need to close all the ramps from Velp to 41, both on and off ramp and we also need to close Velp Avenue because we’re reconstructing the interchange and putting 3 roundabouts at Velp.”
Kantola says they have been working closely with the businesses in the area for 2 years and encourages people to still visit them as normal.
Kantola says according to their traffic models, the construction will increase traffic on Lineville Road and the Shawano Avenue interchange.
“Once this project is done, every single traffic control device, all the barrels, all the barrier walls, will be gone. All the lanes and all the ramps will be open throughout Brown County,” says Kantola.
All the construction will be wrapped up by mid-October.
Read more information on the construction and detours at www.us41wisconsin.gov.
