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County health building parking lot being replaced

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6 years ago

August 22, 2018

Brad Williams

A shortage of parking for now between the La Crosse County courthouse and the county’s health building.

The parking lot at 6th and Vine is being replaced over the next month.

Before a new surface is put in, a stormwater processing system will be installed underneath.

Jim Speropulos from the county facilities office said the parking lot replacement is the last part of a master reconstruction plan for La Crosse County facilities downtown.

The price tag is about $260,000. Speropulos said just resurfacing the lot would have cost around $195,000.

The lot was first installed in 1990 when the health building replaced the old Sawyer Auditorium.

Speropulos added that the only change people should notice in the repaved lot is a new surface.

Construction should be done in about four weeks.

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Brad Williams

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.