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Article: The long way around; State detour takes Green Lake visitors 50 miles away despite shorter route
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- August 13, 2006
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Green Lake The "official" detour near this popular summer
vacation spot lends new urgency to that classic travel question: Are
we there yet?
The detour sends travelers more than an hour out of their way and
through portions of three counties, causing havoc for patrons of
Green Lake's hotels, golf courses and other tourism-oriented
businesses. The kicker: There is a far simpler way around the
construction.
"They eventually get here. But they're frustrated by the time they
get here," said Scott Krause, general manager of the 199-room Heidel
House Resort. "It's definitely been an issue."
At the Golf Courses of Lawsonia, unhappy golfers, finding
themselves on the highway to Hades and facing ...