DOT adds concrete barriers to park-and-ride lot to prevent people living there
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation added a new step to stop people from living at local park-and-ride lots.
The DOT added concrete barriers at the Holt Avenue lot along I-94.
"I mean first of all you don't want to be out here. Now you're feeling like you're being closed in," Tracy Bennett said.
Bennett lived in her car at the park-and-ride. She and her husband had nowhere to turn after being evicted in May, but stumbled upon the parking lot in July.
"This isn't a joyride. This isn't something we expected, we planned on. It's not life. It's not,” Bennett explained.
For months, TMJ4’s Megan Lee has covered the encampments. However, these concrete barriers are new.
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