Main Street work stretches into the new year

Main Street is clear and open to traffic, a welcome sight after its reconstruction from Highway LL west to the village limits spanned two years, which the state required if it was to pay 80% of the project’s cost, but the work isn’t done just yet. Some sod needs to be laid and some more gravel needs to be added in a couple of places, Director of Public Works Dan Birenbaum said. “It’s as done as it’s going to be,” he said of the road work. The village paid $4.2 million for the $6.9 million project, including decorative street lighting for $601,000. The second phase of the project, slated to be done in September, took longer to complete due to two elements. Ozaukee County waited months for a permit from the Union Pacific Railroad to do work near the railroad crossing, and Frontier Communications took four to six weeks to have wire delivered for splicing, Birenbaum said. Photo by Sam Arendt