Milwaukee County Secures Nearly $25 Million to Redesign 10 High-Injury Corridors

Overview

• The U.S. DOT’s Safe Streets and Roads for All program awarded the county one of its largest 2025-cycle grants, totaling nearly $25 million.
• The package funds roughly 65–67 projects plus two studies across corridors in Milwaukee, West Allis, Glendale, Brown Deer, Shorewood and multiple County Trunk Highways.
• Planned work includes high-visibility crosswalks, upgraded signals, curb extensions, sidewalk expansion and traffic calming on the 16th, 27th and 35th Street viaducts.
• County officials project 26%–50% reductions in fatal and serious-injury crashes at treated sites with an estimated $1.2 billion in crash-cost savings over 20 years.
• MCDOT will manage the grant while municipalities lead construction with a 20% local match, with preliminary designs starting in 2027 and all projects finishing by 2031; the City of Milwaukee separately won $8 million for upgrades on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Forest Home Avenue.