There is a water main break at the 1600 Block of New Pinery Road. Crews are working to repair.
This summer WisDOT will reconstruct US 51 from Pleasant St to Ontario St. starting in March with expected completion in October (weather dependent). The project will occur in 2 phases resulting in DeWitt St closure and later, E Wisconsin St closure (and detours). This is a big project right through downtown and the resulting street closures and traffic detours will cause challenges, comments, questions and complaints.
As this is a WisDOT project, a Project Manager has been selected by WisDOT to answer those questions and concerns. WisDOT has established a website for this project at https://projects.511wi.gov/us51-portage/map/. The website project an overview of the project, schedule, detours, project updates and contact information.
Questions? Visit the website as it will be updated as the project progresses.
Public Informational Meeting – Construction USH 51 Project
March 2, 2021 5:00p.m.
To participate call: 608-571-2209
ID: 241 574
Given the timing of the storm with the frigid temperatures moving in on Friday we are declaring a snow emergency to help DPW clear the streets on 2/4 and 2/5. The full DPW crew is scheduled to begin plowing Thursday during the day and will remain here on Thursday for the majority of the evening.
We are declaring a snow emergency starting February 4:
Feb 4 at 2 P.M. parking will be prohibited on all snow routes.
Feb 4 at 5 P.M. parking will be prohibited on all other streets except for the Central Business District.
Feb 5 at 12 A.M. to Feb 5 at 6:00 A.M. the parking in the Central Business District will be prohibited. The City is planning on cleaning up the downtown on February 5th, but that is highly dependent on the duration of the storm event.
