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Article: Council panel gives nod to Park East street upgrades
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- February 27, 2002
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Council panel gives nod to Park East street upgrades
Plan calls for $4.4 million in improvements to leftover land
By TOM DAYKINof the Journal Sentinel staff
Wednesday, February 27, 2002
City Hall moved forward Tuesday on what could be Milwaukee's next
hot commercial development area: land beneath and adjacent to the
Park East Freeway.
The Common Council's Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development
Committee recommended approval of plans to spend $4.4 million on
street improvements that would replace the Park East, which will be
torn down.
The demolition of the underused freeway is set to begin in May and
is expected take a year. Once it is gone, over 20 acres will be
available for future ...