The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) plans to expand a 3.5-mile stretch of Interstate-94 in Milwaukee . The $1.2 billion expansion would see the highway widened from six to eight lanes between 70th and 16th Streets in the city. WisDOT claims the modernization project would reduce congestion and chase on this section of I-94 which passes American Family Field, the home of the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team.
Along with completely ignoring the concept of induced demand , the I-94 expansion project has faced significant backlash from the communities adjacent to I-94. Many of these marginalized neighborhoods would be getting double-tapped after the highway’s initial construction in the 1960s.
One of those impacted neighborhoods is Piggsville. Piggsville sits on an urban peninsula with I-94 to the south, the Menomonee River to the west, and Wisconsin Avenue and the Molson Coors brewery to the north. There are no supermarkets, grocery stores or fast-food restaurants in Piggsville. It’s a food desert where the only local place to buy food is a gas station. Any trip to buy food in this section of the city without a car requires a mile-long walk to and back.
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