Highway 26 expansion moving along: Official
JANESVILLE — Roadwork is wrapping up at a few key intersections along Highway 26 between Janesville and Milton, and work will soon start on a pedestrian bridge at Janesville's north end, state officials say.
Lance Wagner, project manager for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation's Highway 26 expansion, said workers have removed the barrier wall that has separated north and south lanes at Highway 26 and McCormick Drive.
Crews are expected to complete the left turn lane from the north lanes of Highway 26 to McCormick Drive by the end of the week, Wagner said.
Work is near completion at the intersection of John Paul Road and McCormick. New asphalt and permanent pavement markings should be in place within the next two weeks, Wagner said.
Further south, near the intersection of Highway 26 and John Paul Road, motorists will soon see crews working on a pedestrian bridge planned just south of M&I Bank.
Further north along Highway 26, roundabouts at Harmony Town Hall are taking shape and workers have poured the first sidewalk at the Harmony Town Hall Bridge. They plan to pour the concrete deck for the Wright Road Bridge as early as Friday.
The Harmony Town Hall/Highway 26 interchange is on schedule to open by Oct. 1, but continued good weather could lead to the interchange opening by the start of the school year.
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Aug 16, 2012 at 11:39 a.m.
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I am a very good friend of the owner of the Milton Travel Center in Milton, located at corner of Arthur and the current HWY 26. Amin has put alot of work into this station, adding new pumps, a McDonalds, a carwash and completely remodeling of this store.
He was never contacted by anyone from the City of Milton( Jerry Schuetz) and State of Wisconsin, as he believed the bridges just south of the store would have offramps. He was completely mislead.
Yesterday, we were looking at details and they have put his gas station on a Island, with a service road running to his station off of the newly expanded Henke Road.
As anyone will tell you, especially in Gas Station/ Convenience Store business, location is everything and Amin has been robbed by Milton and the State of Wisconsin. When completed, the new Bypass 26 will take all of his traffic away from him, probably loosing him 50% of his business.
How is that improved MR Schuetz!! You and the DOT have completely screwed this hard working business man!
I am writing these commits to both the Beloit News and to Janesville Gazzette, in the hopes both news papers will do some reporting on this!
This is what was written in the Janesville Gazette May 16th, 2012:
One business would be the Milton Travel Center and McDonald's, which is on the corner of the current Highway 26 and Arthur Drive on the far southeast side. There, the bypass will route Highway 26 along with the main stream of traffic just east of the gas station, leaving it an island of sorts.
This was in an article they wrote on the new Bypass 26, never once did they stop in to see how it really will effect this mans business!
I will hope, that Milton and the State of Wisconsin will help find a remedy to this gross anti business atmosphere.
I graduated with Scott Walker and I was very proud when he was elected governor, especially when he said this state was open for business, I have never been so disappointed in our State. All businesses, all sizes need to be treated with respect and not destroyed!
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