Feds deliver grant for Milwaukee’s $55M Bus Rapid Transit route
Milwaukee County officials announced on Monday that the Federal Transit Administration has provided a $40.9 million grant for a local rapid transit project scheduled to break ground next spring.
The Bus Rapid Transit project would use dedicated bus lanes and state-of-the-art boarding platforms to efficient, higher-frequency service. Construction on the project is expected to start next spring and service is to begin in fall 2022. Milwaukee County is currently seeking a construction manager for the project. Qualification packages are due Dec. 22.
The nine-mile Bus Rapid Transit project would connect downtown Milwaukee with the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center in Wauwatosa and would be the first project of its kind in the state. The FTA grant will provide nearly 80% of the money needed for the $55 million project.
Milwaukee County, four health systems to develop mental health emergency center
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Last updated on December 14th, 2020 at 02:29 pm
Milwaukee County and Milwaukee’s four largest health systems plan to develop a mental health emergency center on the city’s near north side.
The county’s Behavioral Health Division, Advocate Aurora Health, Ascension Wisconsin, Froedtert Health and Children’s Wisconsin said they have entered into a letter of intent for the joint venture, marking a major milestone in a years-long process of redesigning the county’s mental health delivery system.
The partners didn’t disclose the exact location of the emergency center but said in an announcement Thursday it will be developed on a county-owned site on Milwaukee’s near north side, an area that is more accessible to many of the patients who seek county psychiatric crisis services.