A meeting of the Sturgeon Bay Parking and Traffic Committee Monday will provide a forum for residents to comment on a detour needed because the Bayview Bridge will be shut down for 3 months in 2013 as part of a rehabilitation project. Committee Chairman Bob Schlicht says the session, which begins at 4pm, will feature a presentation on the detour, time for public participation and committee consideration of a detour recommendation for the city council…
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Schlicht says the committee is seeking input from anyone who has an opinion on teh detour route…
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The state DOT has suggested that the detour take drivers coming from the South down Madison Avenue, across the Michigan Street Bridge and down Michigan Street to the highway. The North detour would begin on Egg Harbor Road, travel down Jefferson Street to 3rd Avenue, cross the Michigan Street Bridge and head back up Madison Avenue to Green Bay Road and the highway.
