SUAMICO, WI (WTAQ) – In addition to the usual winter travel challenges we all face, a major D-O-T highway project will cause some headaches from now through November.
A long-term lane closure is underway in the southbound lanes of Highway 41 in the Suamico area, from County B to Norfield Road.
“What we’re doing is resurfacing the entire length of 41 in those limits. And we’re also doing a lot of bridge-deck rehabilitation.”
Wisconsin D-O-T spokesman Mark Kantola says it’s going to mean backups during peak drive times for the thousands of vehicles that pass through each day.
“So we’re really encouraging people, if they can, to seek alternate routes.”
Work on this level hasn’t been done on the highway for years.
“Really the last time we did any significant pavement repair in the project limits like this was back in 2000.”
Kantola says patchwork repairs just aren’t cost effective.
“Pavement gets that far along the maintenance costs really don’t justify themselves anymore.”
Both lanes of northbound 41 will be maintained during peak-travel times. But northbound lane closures will be allowed at night and during non-peak travel.
Price-tag is expected to top out around $13 million.
A detailed project website is available here.
