The City of Milwaukee is redesigning North Water Street from East Kilbourn Avenue to East Pleasant Street. The Department of Public Works, in collaboration with the Department of City Development, will propose design options to improve the downtown corridor.

Located within the downtown entertainment district, Water Street has been identified as a catalytic project in the Connec+ing MKE Downtown Plan 2040 as a priority transit and pedestrian street. The corridor serves as a major transit network route for Milwaukee County Transit Services (MCTS) and is currently listed on the City of Milwaukee's bicyclist and pedestrian high injury network due to the high number of crashes.

The design of this project is 100% locally funded through Tax Incremental Financing (TIF). Funding for final design and construction to be identified.