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West Roosevelt Sewer Improvement Project

Project Update

The project is on track to begin in early 2024. MMSD will mail a notification to the neighboring communities in advance of the start of construction. Please check back to this page for future updates, or sign up below to receive project updates via email.

Project Overview

In 2020 the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) completed a planning study to develop system improvements that would reduce wastewater levels in MMSD sewers on West Roosevelt Drive and eliminate a sanitary sewer overflow connection to an existing City of Milwaukee storm sewer.

The West Roosevelt Sewer Improvement Project resolves to achieve both these goals. First, the construction of new MMSD and City of Milwaukee sewers and manholes will reroute high wastewater flows to areas of the MMSD sewer system that have a greater capacity to handle excess wastewater during wet weather events. Second, the removal of a sanitary sewer overflow pump station at North 35th Street and West Roosevelt Drive will allow the construction of the MMSD’s West Basin Stormwater Management Project, which is the third and final component of an integrated system to address recurrent flooding in the 30th Street Corridor.

Project Map

Project Goals

Timeline

  • Design and Pre-construction: Spring 2021 - Spring 2023
  • Construction: Fall 2023 - Winter 2025
  • Post Construction: Winter 2025 - Spring 2025
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    Example of the work shaft for the project

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    Example of pipe being laid in new tunnel

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Project Resources

August 10, 2023 -- Open House posters of new traffic patterns during construction

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