Amid calls to replace I-794 with an at-grade boulevard to help spur downtown development, a more modest plan has surfaced: Remove two ramps.

Amid calls to replace Milwaukee`s I-794 with an at-grade boulevard to help spur downtown development, a more modest plan has surfaced.

Removing two freeway ramps between the Milwaukee River and the Hoan Bridge would better connect downtown and the Historic Third Ward — helping promote more commercial projects just north of I-794.

That`s the idea veteran commercial real estate broker Bruce Westling is promoting, including a presentation Tuesday at a commercial real estate conference...
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