TOWN OF BARTON, Wis. — A dispute over a new bridge in the Town of Barton in Washington County has residents voicing their concerns.

Barton is a small community near West Bend. Village leaders voted to approve a project that would see the Woodford Drive steel bridge — which is currently closed — replaced by a new two-lane bridge.

People in Barton emailed TMJ4 News about their concerns.

"If that road goes in, we're not living here," William Stadler said.

He and about 30 other people pushed back against the town board, which approved a bridge replacement project for the old steel bridge that has been closed to cars for decades and pedestrians for two years.

"There is no need for this bridge," Ben Naylor said. "The people closest to it don't want it, and that's where they really went as

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