It adds that “pulling this additional funding forward would allow the project to reconfigure let packages and accelerate portions of the project to remain on schedule.”

Legislative approval would be required to move previously authorized transportation funding into earlier fiscal years.

The eight-year, 3.5-mile project aims to expand the roadway to eight lanes and reconfigure a stadium interchange at Miller Park Way, near American Field where Major League baseball’s Milwaukee Brewers play. It was scheduled for completion in 2033, but may now be pushed to 2035. 

As part of the multi-phase project, Zignego Co. of Waukesha, Wis. is the contractor on a segment of work underway associated with National Avenue and 70th Street to Miller Park Way. Zenith Tech, which has offices in Wisconsin and Minnesota, has a $61-million contract for reconstruction of the 27th Street bridge over I-94, St. Paul Avenue work and other related improvements. 

Converting the stadium interchange into a diverging diamond is estimated at $80 million. The interchange conversion is slated to start in 2027 and would be part of a future project bid package, Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation says. 

This 3.5-mile portion of the I-94 East-West Freeway corridor opened to traffic in 1961 and 1962.The agency says it has maintained and rehabilitated the ramps, bridges, pavements and other structures over the past 60 years, but the corridor is nearing the end of its useful life.