Wisconsin DOT to close park and ride lots to discourage camping [Video]

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is cracking down on people camping at two park and ride lots in Milwaukee. The lots along Interstate 94 at Holt Avenue and College Avenue have been the focus of controversy since encampments cropped up there in early 2023. Video from News Chopper 12 shows the homeless encampments at the Holt Avenue and College Avenue park and ride lots that have only grown since WISN 12 News first started highlighting the issue more than a year ago. WISN 12 News reporter Nick Bohr spoke with people staying at the lot on Monday. Wanda Ward, 63, who has lived in a camper at the College Avenue lot for months, said she believes a rise in crime at the lots is responsible for the intensified attention from the state.”For the money I make, I can’t pay rent, so I stay here. And these other people ruined it …