Category: General Civil / Municipal

This 85% Water Rate Increase Is a Good Thing

You wouldn’t necessarily look at an 85% water rate hike as a real day-brightener, but for the Village of Lena in northeastern Wisconsin, it’s relatively good news for its 250 water customers. Customers could have seen a 117% rate increase to help pay for a radium removal plant currently under construction, as pictured above. But… Read More »

Wauwatosa Goes Green on Bike-Friendly Street

What’s black and red and green all over on North Avenue in the Wisconsin city of Wauwatosa? That’s the newly reconstructed black asphalt roadway with its red-painted crosswalks and, most prominently, its bright green bike lanes and bike boxes along 16 city blocks. Wauwatosa leaders and others celebrated the City’s first bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly roadway… Read More »

A Homegrown Leader: Disa Wahlstrand Promoted to Vice President

Ayres Associates has a long history of promoting from within; in fact, 79% of our management team members were promoted from within the company. That tradition continued this week when Disa Wahlstrand, PE, LEED AP, manager of the municipal services group in our Eau Claire office since 2005, was named vice president of Engineering Services… Read More »