Here’s the Four Transportation Projects That Could be Considered by Stevens Point Voters This November

Sign outside of the Portage County Courthouse and Stevens Point's City Hall. Image courtesy: WAOW TV

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) — City leaders in Stevens Point have called a special City Council meeting for next Tuesday at 4:30 PM to consider placing four binding referendums on the November ballot for transportation projects.

If approved, residents would vote yes or no to the following projects that have been included in the city’s preliminary 2023 budgets:

1. Construct a railroad sidetrack in the area of Burbank Road to Brilowski Road including all necessary equipment at a cost of about $4.1 million
2. Construct an extension of Badger Avenue from EM Copps Drive to County Highway HH at a cost of about $1.8 million- including stormwater and sidewalk infrastructure along with landscaping.
3. Reconstruct Minnesota Avenue from Clark to Jefferson, Algoma Street from Minnesota to Texas, and Texas Avenue north to Jefferson at a cost of about $1.9 million- curb, gutter, and sidewalk are included with this project
4. A large street resurfacing project near McDill Pond encompassing Bush Street, Indiana Avenue, Channel Drive, and portions of other nearby streets at a price of $2.2 million

Approval of the four projects for placement on the November ballot will be preceded by a closed-session discussion relating ” to litigation in which [the city] is or is likely to become involved, relating to interpretation and application of RMC 4.18,” which is the transportation financing ordinance.

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Voters in Stevens Point narrowly approved the change during this month’s primary. The ordinance requires the city to get voter approval for any transportation-related project that costs more than $1 million.