These Milwaukee businesses have to move to make way for the expansion of I-94

Steven Martinez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Now that it's funding and federal approval are secured, a project to widen Interstate 94 on Milwaukee's west side is expected to begin construction in late 2025.

The project, which has been some 10 years in the making, will force several businesses, and one family, to move out of the planned construction zone. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation, which is overseeing the project, is providing financial assistance to facilitate the moves.

These are the businesses that are being forced to relocate.

Which Milwaukee businesses are being forced to relocate by the I-94 widening project?

These are the businesses that must relocate in order to accommodate the I-94 widening project. All of them are based near the I-94 interchange at North 26th St./North 27th Street and West St. Paul Avenue.

  • Badger Ford Truck Center, 2326 W. St. Paul Ave.

  • Central Bark, a doggy day care center at 333 N. 25th St.

  • Milwaukee Dog Training Club's indoor training facility (inside Central Bark); the club to buy a 12,000-square-foot building, at 2116 W. Cornell St.

  • MKE Junk Junkies LLC, an auto salvage yard at 2640 W. Greves St.

  • D.R. Diedrich & Co.'s tannery storage building at 2612 W. Greves St. (the tannery itself is unaffected)

  • Sylvan Holdings LLC storage at 2620 W. St. Paul Ave.

What is the I-94 widening project in Milwaukee?

The $1.74 billion reconstruction project is expected to widen I-94 from six lanes to eight lanes between 16th and 70th streets.

Construction is expected to run from late 2025 to 2032.

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: I-94 expansion in Milwaukee will force these local businesses to move