Project Overview

The City of Milwaukee is making improvements to streets throughout the Burnham Park neighborhood to reduce reckless driving, speeding, dangerous crossings, and crashes resulting in injury and death - especially around schools, churches, and parks.

The City is constructing traffic safety improvements between Fall 2024 and Fall 2025 including changes to W. Burnham Street, S. 35th Street, and different neighborhood streets. Explore this website to learn more about the changes coming to make the neighborhood safer, ask questions, and share your thoughts!

Project Goals

  • Reduce speeding
  • Reducing crashes for all road users
  • Improve the comfort, accessibility, and efficiency for all road users, particularly people walking, biking, and taking transit
  • Create all ages and abilities bikeways to expand the existing network and create new connections
  • Add green stormwater infrastructure and other landscaping
  • Enhance the streetscape
Spring 2025 - Construction Start Notice open in new window
Map of Burnham Park with school and park labels

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Comment Map

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Community Materials

Construction Updates

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