Article: Connecting the dots on Bugline Extension will end awkward detour on popular trail

Sussex -- Bike riders, joggers and other users of the Bugline Trail soon will discover that a major obstacle has been removed from the 12-mile path.

Village and county officials have reached an agreement with the owner of the former Mammoth Springs Canning Co. site to open the trail through the 10-acre industrial site.

For many years, trail users have been forced to circumvent the former factory site by taking awkward detours along Main St. or Highway 74.

The obstacle sits almost exactly at the midpoint of the popular county-owned recreational path, which extends between Menomonee Falls and Merton.

"It's always just been the missing link," county park system manager Duane Grimm said of the ...

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