GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Officials for Brown County announcing plans for more bicycle facilities along urban and rural roadways.
County Executive Troy Streckenbach released more details about a 5 year plan on Friday as part of an overall vision for a more walkable and bikeable county.
Plans for 2017 include developing a 5 foot shoulder on 4 miles of county Highway D that stretches through the town of Lawrence and City of De Pere.
“So we’re not going to do these on every road. We’re going to do it on the roads that basically make the most sense, is in the best interest of the tax payer, and ultimately accomplishes what we’re trying to do…and that is to connect municipality to municipality, that when resident is going to one municipality to the next, they feel safe transferring from that municipality,” said Streckenbach.
Brown County Senior Planner Dan Teaters says it’s not just bicycle lanes being added to roadways but paved shoulders, off street trails among other pedestrian ways.
Implementing these facilitates to county roadways was a collaborative effort.
“We engaged the public. We engaged all the individual communities and we gained as much information as we possibly can and we try to listen to our constituents, just like Troy (Streckenbach) had mentioned to make sure we’re incorporating things that they want in their communities,” said Teaters.
Funding for the projects will be shared between state, federal, county and local dollars. The county plans on bonding at 8 million annually through 2020.
Construction will likely start this spring.
