Honey Creek project to restore habitats, $14M plan under review
Honey Creek project to restore habitats, $14M plan under review
The Honey Creek restoration plan is set to be opened for public comment with construction or demolition and reconstruction starting in 2023.
WAUWATOSA, Wis. - Starting in the 1950s and 1960s, Milwaukee County watersheds were paved over with concrete, eventually totaling more than 20 miles.
Over the last decade or so, some are slowly being restored.
A layer of concrete that stretches for more than a mile underlies Honey Creek in Wauwatosa, brush poking through its cracks.
While some flora and fauna have found a foothold, the watershed that connects to the Menomonee River to the north could look much different.