Village administrator Jeremy Smith says concerns will be vetted through public meetings, hearings.
Residents opposed to the Meijer store project because of traffic and safety concerns will have an opportunity to have their voice heard throughout the process, Village administrator Jeremy Smith said on Thursday. "Concerns from the public are aways taken into account," he said during a phone interview. "There are a series of meetings where people get a chance to have staff look at their concerns and … we do our best to take them into account." The store, to be located at Highways K and 164, will be about 200,000-square-foot complex that will consist of grocery, retail and pharmacy. The store plans to hire 200 to 250 employees and will also include a gas station on the premise. A flier opposing the project was circulated throughout the …
Falls resident has started a petition to halt the $2.4 million plan to pave the Bugline Trail.
In January, Waukesha County Parks Manager Duane Grimm made it pretty clear that a plan to pave the Bugline Trail was set in stone. However, that isn’t stopping one Falls resident from attempting to put the brakes on the project. Joan Griffin, who lives a few blocks from the trail, started gathering signatures from residents opposed to the project and want to keep the crushed limestone trail as is. You may have recognized Griffin if you were at Chilly Fest in Falls or the Waukesha County Expo recently. Griffin and her husband were the couple wearing the neon signs that read “Save the Bugline, Don’t Pave the Bugline.” “Personally, I am outraged at the idea of paving it. I love the way it is right now with its natural look of a trail. It’s …
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10:07 pm on Sunday, October 21, 2012
Man if the speed is raised to 55, we need to put in some stop lights on the Lindsy & 164 intersection - I almost got killed there a few weeks ago - that intersection is insane in the morning. more ›