Barstow, Riverfront Street Construction To Start In February

WAUKESHA, WI — Waukesha is expecting to begin road reconstruction on a major project starting in February, but before that happens, Waukesha city officials will hold an open-house style informational meeting to discuss the reconstruction of N/NW Barstow Street and Riverfront Street.

The meeting will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at the City of Waukesha City Hall Randall
Room, room 207, located at 201 Delafield Street.

The meeting will go from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

The city anticipates reconstructing N/NW Barstow Street from Wisconsin Ave. to E. North St. and Riverfront Street from Madison St. to N. Barstow St. in 2020.

The project will include installation of new water main, lining of the sanitary sewer main and laterals, storm sewer rehabilitation, roadway reconstruction, traffic signal replacement & rehabilitation, bridge rehabilitation, pedestrian ramp reconstruction, sidewalk replacement and installation of a wider stone paver terrace.

Some existing trees within the terrace will be removed as a part of the project and new
street trees will be planted.

Construction is scheduled to begin in February 2020. City officials said construction for this project will be phased as feasibly possible, however, sections of Barstow St. and Riverfront St. will be closed to through traffic at times throughout the project.

The meeting is to show people the improvements, traffic control and schedule, and to hear from area residents who express their opinions about the work.

City officials said that people who have concerns about drainage problems, basements that extend under the sidewalk or other environmental issues such as underground storage tanks are encouraged to attend this meeting and provide information to the Engineers.

Exhibits will be on display showing the proposed layout.

Adjacent property owners will not be assessed for the improvement costs, city officials said.