16th Street Cement Ditch

From 16th Street to 6th Street the river resumes being a concrete ditch. MMSD (Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District) has plans to strip out that cement, lay back the banks to create a floodplain, and use rocks in centerflow to create 'rills and pools'. Shores will have walkways, benches, and new plantings to make this into a neighborhood parkway. Timeline says this should happen in 2025.

It is likely (as in other such projects) that they will build a cofferdam and pump water through pipes to bypass the channel while they do this work. It will be necessary to scout this area to see when that project begins, and determine whether the river is passable during that work.