GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Brown County residents are being asked to be part of the solution in addressing local traffic congestion.
The county’s Planning Department is asking drivers to help in the process of updating its congestion-management plan.
County Transportation Planner Devin Yoder says the current 83-page version was created in 2013 and identified Brown County’s most congested traffic areas as the downtown on both sides of the Fox River, Mason Street near the US-41 Interchange, and the crossing of the Claude Allouez Bridge in De Pere.
To add other spots that often see heavy congestion, residents are asked to either take an online survey or interact with an online map that allows participants to drop a virtual pin on any intersections in question and then provide commentary.
Once the feedback is assembled, the Green Bay Metropolitan Planning Organization will analyze it, update the management plan, and make recommendations on how to address the issues, depending on what funding is available.
Yoder says all Brown County municipalities qualify with the exception of the Towns of Eaton, New Denmark, and Pittsfield, as well as large portions of Glenmore, Humboldt, and the Town of Green Bay.
The congestion-management plan is federally mandated for all areas with at least 200,000 residents and needs to be updated every four or five years.
The survey and map can be accessed through the county’s website at http://www.co.brown.wi.us/departments/page_859eb3d35e96/?department=2317176c7f00&subdepartment=b4d10bb9388e.
Responses are due by March 17.
