Extend Lake Parkway southward?

Eighth District Milwaukee County Supervisor Patricia Jursik proposed Jan. 20 to study extending the Lake Parkway/Highway 794 corridor southward. The County Board’s Transportation, Public Works & Transit Committee approved the resolution 6-0.

South Milwaukee Mayor Thomas Zepecki, Cudahy Chamber of Commerce President and former Cudahy Mayor Ray Glowacki, South Milwaukee Chamber President Bryan Lorentzen, and St. Francis Chamber President Shari Franz attended the meeting to express their support for the resolution.

The resolution calls for the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (SEWRPC) to create a study committee to investigate the feasibility and desirability of extending the Lake Parkway to Ryan Road or to Racine County. The resolution also requests that the cities of St. Francis, Cudahy, South Milwaukee, Oak Creek, and Milwaukee notify SEWRPC that they support the study, the results of which will be provided to Milwaukee County and all affected municipalities.

“We have seen significant population growth in our south shore communities, and the Lake Parkway provides direct access to Cudahy at Pennsylvania Avenue, St. Francis at Howard Avenue, Milwaukee at Oklahoma Avenue and Carferry Drive, and all three cities at Layton Avenue,” Supervisor Jursik said in a press release. “The city of Oak Creek, General Mitchell International Airport, the Port of Milwaukee, and major employers in the south shore all stand to benefit from enhancing this corridor.”