What a great way to kick off Engineers Week 2023 with the announcement of the ACEC Wisconsin Engineering Excellence Awards! KL is honored to have received a Best in State Award for the North Fish Hatchery Road Reconstruction project in Fitchburg, WI. We also received a State Finalist Award for the Garver Path project in Madison, WI. Congratulations to all of the award winners and everyone at KL who […]
WIS 64 / WIS 40 is an important community route, supporting traffic to City of Bloomer’s schools, industrial park, and agricultural areas. It also serves as a tourism gateway for the Chippewa Moraine State Recreation Area, Town Line Lake & Woods State Natural Area, Chippewa County Forest, and numerous lakes and resorts. The old pavement
With creative financing, the $28 million North Fish Hatchery Road (NFHR) project was built without raising levy limits. The City of Fitchburg accessed a Tax Incremental District (TID) to partially fund the project. The project created two new streets and intersections at Traceway Drive (top photo) and Ochalla Drive. Four new developments came to the
This 1.5-mile gateway corridor to the City of Fitchburg required the replacement of 2,000 feet of deteriorating retaining walls. Architectural details and decorative safety rails were incorporated to improve grades, drainage, safety, and provided aesthetic continuity throughout the corridor. Today, the pedestrian and bicycle bridge over Nine Springs Creek allows for safe passage for the
This compact roundabout was constructed to help move traffic safely through the restricted intersection footprint and maintain efficient access for semi-trucks servicing adjacent businesses. KL’s design extended the Greenway Cross median between North Fish Hatchery Road and Bryant Road, where the roundabout allows drivers to make a U-turn movement from the frontage road – a
This City of Fitchburg project was designed to increase safety for pedestrians, bicyclists, and vehicles turning into numerous access points throughout this busy commercial area. Safer crosswalks with new pedestrian signals, audible push buttons, and improved lighting are just a few of the new technologies used in this project to improve access for the community.
KL’s Scott Cramer and Bill Biesmann (pictured far right) were honored to receive a Bicycle Friendly Business plaque last night at the City of Fitchburg Common Council meeting. KL Engineering is 1 of 9 Fitchburg businesses to receive an award from the League of American Bicyclists. We are proud to support bicyclists in both the
KL Engineering was honored with a 2022 ASCE Wisconsin Engineering Achievement Award for Construction Projects over $20M. The North Fish Hatchery Road reconstruction project in the City of Fitchburg was completed in November 2021. Members of the project team recently toured the project to experience their design and construction work in action. In celebration of this honor, we’ll be sharing a series
We are a bike friendly business in practice and design. We are thrilled to be 1 of 48 businesses nationwide officially recognized this year by the League of American Bicyclists as a Bicycle Friendly Business! As a proud member of the community, we appreciate the work the City of Fitchburg – Wisconsin has done to
Rick Eilertson representing the American Public Works Association (APWA) Wisconsin chapter presented a plaque to the City of Fitchburg for winning a 2022 APWA WI Project of the Year award. Mayor Aaron Richardson, Public Works Director/City Engineer Bill Balke, and Common Council members, along with City of Madison partners Christy Bachmann and Alder Sheri Carter
One of the cool things about the North Fish Hatchery Road project was the way materials were recycled. The existing concrete pavement was pulverized and reused as the base course for the new road, helping save the community of Fitchburg $700,000! All salvageable traffic equipment was saved to be repurposed on other projects. Standard signal
The North Fish Hatchery Road reconstruction project was quite impressive in many ways. Here are just a few: 115,000+ hours went into the design, coordination, and construction of the project 44+ miles of electrical wire was installed – enough to run the length of the Badger State Trail 32,000 square yards of concrete was used