Wisconsin Department of Transportation Secretary Frank Bussalachi will conduct a press conference at 2 p.m. today, reportedly to announce a plan to merge eastbound and westbound traffic to accommodate flow in both directions of Interstate 94.
The westbound lanes of I-94 have been closed at the intersection of Highway 83 in Delafield, due to flooding, and westbound traffic is being diverted down to Beloit and then back up to Madison, a 50-mile detour.
Bussalachi could announce today that traffic will be temporarily crossed over onto the eastbound lanes, allowing one lane of traffic for each direction. The crossover will cause bottlenecks in both directions.
A Wisconsin Emergency Management public information officer said, "There is no way we can speculate (when things will return to normal). We still have rising water on the Rock River (near Highway 26 in Johnson Creek) and are concerned about bridges over the river on the westbound side."
Bussalachi will announce the lane crossover plan near the intersection of Interstate 94 and Highway 26 today.
State may merge I-94 traffic into eastbound lanes
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