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<\/p>\nLAKE GENEVA \u2014 If you want to walk or use a wheelchair from downtown Lake Geneva to stores such as Wal-Mart or Aldi, you have to use the shoulder of Highway 50 for much of the trip. That will soon change.<\/p>\n
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Andrea Christian uses a wheelchair on Highway 50 in Lake Geneva.<\/p>\n
WisDOT’s two-year renovation of Highway 50 through Lake Geneva<\/a> will start with work on the section east of downtown, which includes a new 10-foot-wide sidewalk connection.<\/p>\n TMJ4<\/p>\n Highway 50 in Lake Geneva.<\/p>\n Andrea Christian is ready for the new path. She often rolls alongside car traffic because it is the only way she can do her grocery shopping.<\/p>\n “There’s no other route,” Christian said. “We just saw a semi go by, and it was really scary.”<\/p>\n TMJ4<\/p>\n Andrea Christian uses a wheelchair on Highway 50 in Lake Geneva.<\/p>\n She is frustrated because existing sidewalks on Highway 50 often end without a way for her to safely get off of them with her wheelchair.<\/p>\n “How hard would it have been to just extend some of those squares to the road,” Christian said.<\/p>\n TMJ4<\/p>\n A dead-end sidewalk on Highway 50 in Lake Geneva.<\/p>\n WisDOT detailed the plans for Highway 50 improvements, including the new sidewalk, during a public information session in Lake Geneva Thursday night. Interested residents filled the room to the point where there was a line stretching from the door.<\/p>\n WATCH: Wheelchair-bound Lake Geneva woman ready to get off the road with future Highway 50 sidewalk<\/p>\n Wheelchair-bound Lake Geneva woman ready to get off the road with future Highway 50 sidewalk<\/p>\n “We do value the feedback,” said Jason Dahlgren of WisDOT. “Whether it’s positive feedback or negative feedback, it all gets put together and makes for a better project in the long run.”<\/p>\n TMJ4<\/p>\n A woman pushes her groceries on the shoulder of Highway 50 in Lake Geneva.<\/p>\n You can see the full plans for the Highway 50 renovation by clicking this link.<\/a> WisDOT will start by rebuilding Main Street between Wells Street and Grand Geneva Parkway next year before tackling Main Street through downtown Lake Geneva in 2028.<\/p>\n Christian hopes they continue to consider people who travel through Lake Geneva without a car, including keeping them safe on Highway 50 during construction.<\/p>\n TMJ4<\/p>\n Andrea Christian uses a wheelchair on Highway 50 in Lake Geneva.<\/p>\n “People use this stretch,” Christian said. “You might not see them, but they do have to use this stretch during the highway project.”<\/p>\n Let’s talk:<\/p>\n Hey there! At TMJ4 News, we’re all about listening to our audience and tackling the stuff that really matters to you. Got a story idea, tip, or just want to chat about this piece? Hit us up using the form below. For more ways to get in touch, head over to tmj4.com\/tips. <\/p>\n It\u2019s about time to watch on your time. Stream local news and weather 24\/7 by searching for \u201cTMJ4\u201d on your device.<\/p>\n Available for download on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and more.<\/a><\/p>\n Report a typo or error<\/a> \/\/ Submit a news tip<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAKE GENEVA \u2014 If you want to walk or use a wheelchair from downtown Lake Geneva to stores…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[65,20181,2117,15899,1003,3241,22464,3139,22465,20183],"class_list":["post-38540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-geneva","tag-geneva","tag-highway-50","tag-lake-geneva","tag-pedestrian","tag-safety","tag-traffic","tag-transit","tag-transportation","tag-wheelchair","tag-wisdot"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116289987125061357","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"highway](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774444265_471_.jpeg\")
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