West Wilson Street and South Broom Street Reconstruction Project Update

The proposed West Wilson Street and South Broom Street reconstruction project is now planned for 2020. The current anticipated schedule of public meetings is noted below, but these dates are subject to change, so please check the project website prior to attending any of these meetings.

At each meeting, there will be further discussion of the design details of this project, including the proposed bike facilities on West Wilson Street and South Broom Street. More specifically, marked bike lanes or a marked two-way cycle track will be discussed for Wilson Street, and a two-way cycle track is currently proposed for South Broom Street between West Wilson Street and West Main Street (parking between West Doty Street and West Main Street would be removed), along with a shared use path between John Nolen Drive and West Wilson Street. The design of the South Broom Street cycle track will likely involve modifications to the bus stop on South Broom Street, north of West Doty Street, which could involve the installation of the City’s first “floating bus stop” in which buses stop outside of the cycle track, and passengers board/deboard the buses from an island that would be constructed between the cycle track and travel lane on South Broom Street.

The delay in the public meeting schedule means that it won’t be possible for any portions of this project to be constructed in 2019; all work is now planned for 2020. The anticipated meeting schedule is as follows:

• Transportation Policy & Planning Board: Monday, July 1 at 5:00 p.m. in Room 201 of the City-County Building. The interim recommendations of the Wilson Street corridor study will be discussed at this meeting.
• Transportation Commission: Wednesday, July 10 at 5:00 p.m. in Room 215 of the Madison Municipal Building. The plans and specifications of the West Wilson Street and South Broom Street reconstruction project will be discussed, more specifically as it relates to the transportation aspects of the project.
• Board of Public Works: Wednesday, July 17 at 4:30 p.m. in Room 108 of the City-County Building. The plans, specifications and assessments of the West Wilson Street and South Broom Street reconstruction project will be discussed.
• Common Council: Tuesday, August 6 at 6:30 p.m. in Room 201 of the City-County Building. The plans and specifications of West Wilson Street and South Broom Street project will be discussed, and this meeting will also be a public hearing regarding the assessments.

If you have any questions regarding this project, please contact the Project Engineer, Jim Wolfe, at (608) 266-4099 or at jwolfe@cityofmadison.com. This includes requests relating to the proposed plans, specifications and assessments, and also requests relating to the actual operations of construction.