Wauhesha, WI. Wal-Mart Plans Introduced

Neighbors introduced to Wal-Mart’s plans in Waukesha [Greater Milwaukee Today]

When Betty Maass on Monday asked representatives of Wal-Mart when they plan to build a new Supercenter because she can’t wait to shop there, her comment was greeted with a round of applause.

More than 50 people attended a meeting Monday at Prairie Elementary School to hear details of the 184,100-square-foot store proposed for the site of the vacant Cretex Concrete plant at Highway 59 and South West Avenue.

“They aren’t going to build it fast enough for me,” Maass said before the meeting started.

“I’m looking forward to having him learn how to go to the new Wal-Mart,” she said, motioning to her seeing-eye dog, Chance, a 5-year-old golden retriever who was resting his head on her lap.

Not everyone at the meeting was enthused about the project.

Marji Saye, a prospective neighbor, said she was concerned about the increased traffic the Supercenter could generate.

“There are children who ride their bikes in the neighborhood and there is a park nearby,” she said. “I don’t want it.”

Stephanie M. Olsson, senior traffic engineer with Traffic Analysis & Design, Inc. of Cedarburg - one of more than a half dozen people present who are connected to the project at the meeting - said Wal-Mart is undertaking a traffic study on the impact and what can be done to address those concerns.

For more information about Wal-Mart and the project, visit http://www.walmartfacts.com.

Posted by Alex Goldschmidt on Wednesday, September 12, 2007

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