MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – There could be more construction coming to I-41 in the future.
Governor Scott Walker announced on Wednesday that he’s calling on the Department of Transportation to evaluate expanding sections of the interstate between Appleton and De Pere.
Walker cited the importance of the roadway in the continued growth of northeastern Wisconsin.
The Department of Transportation has responded by stating that a study could take six months to complete.
Mark Kantola, DOT communications manager for northeast Wisconsin, claims there’s a lot of factors to look at.
“We’re going to look at the safety factors. We’re going to look at the crash data factors, we’re going to look at traffic forecasting,” he told Fox 11 News.
Rep. Amanda Stuck, D-Appleton thinks the idea could be a good thing, but we’re far away from anything concrete happening.
“There’s no funding there to actually make this happen. We have several projects already who are in this phase, a little farther along that have already been suspended or on hold for numerous reasons so even if we do a study, there’s no guarantee that anything will actually happen unless there’s funding forward,” she told Fox 11 News.
The first step in this process would be collecting data, followed by handing that information to the Transportation Projects Commission.
Following a review, they would then give recommendations to the Governor and Legislature.
