Dane County, the Cities of Madison and Middleton, and the Village of Shorewood Hills made an agreement Friday to move forward with the reconstruction of University Avenue.
Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk said in a press release the engineering work for the project will begin this year, with $350,000 included in the 2009 county budget for that work. Reconstruction is estimated to be completed by 2011.
Re-doing this busy thoroughfare right is important to the thousands of motorists in this county that use University Avenue every day,"" Falk said in a press release. ""This is one of many important road projects the County will be part of in 2009 as we focus on making sure people can get to work and school as safely and efficiently as possible.""
The City of Madison will begin rebuilding and resurfacing work from State Street to University Bay Drive in March. Madison plans to spend $6 million on the project this year.
""The work on University Avenue is part of my 5-year effort to dramatically improve street conditions in Madison,"" Mayor Dave Cieslewicz said in a press release. ""As pothole season approaches, it's a good time to remember that the best way to prevent potholes is to rebuild streets.
