Summary
WisDOT is planning major changes to Highway 16 through La Crosse — a lower speed limit, narrower lanes, new paths, and intersection reworkings. The choices made now will shape safety for walkers and bikers for decades, with construction not starting until 2031.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 2
- Last 30 days
- 1
Discussed at 2 meetings in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 26, 2026.
Impact analysis
Lower-build options were chosen largely for their lower cost, though specific figures weren't shared at the meeting.
Drivers get better intersection operations, and pedestrians and cyclists get a 10-foot shared-use path with a grass buffer — though some safety concerns remain unresolved.
Pedestrians face longer crossings at Gillette Street, and the higher-build options would have displaced homes and businesses — those relocations are avoided under the favored plan.
Mentions & discussions (4)
Board of Public Works - Oct 26, 2026
Mead and Hunt's manhole surveying is early groundwork for the state-contracted redesign of the Third and Fourth Street corridors coming in the next few years.
Bicycle-Pedestrian Advisory Committee - Sep 8, 2026
WisDOT is planning major changes to Highway 16 through La Crosse — a lower speed limit, narrower lanes, new paths, and intersection reworkings. The choices made now will shape safety for walkers and bikers for decades, with construction not starting until 2031.
Blue Baby set to return and the reimagining of Pearl Street in La Crosse
Blue Baby set to return and the reimagining of Pearl Street in La Crosse WIZM 92.3FM 106.7FM 1410AM
City of La Crosse considers proposal for a roundabout to replace a La Crosse intersection
City of La Crosse considers proposal for a roundabout to replace a La Crosse intersection news8000.com
We'll email you when it's on an upcoming agenda and when it's voted on, at most once a day.
The weekly brief for La Crosse
What the council decided, in plain English — one email a week.
Free. Unsubscribe with one click any time. We never sell your email.