That's a big building in our park

Great game last night, as the Wisconsin Badgers Men's Basketball team took down 5th ranked Michigan State, continuing the tradition of outstanding play at home in the Kohl Center. Add that to wins over Maryland, Duke, Ohio State, Marquette, and Purdue, and this is really turning out to be an amazing year for a crew expected to finish at best in the middle of the Big Ten and no where near the top 15 in the nation.

Anyone that has been to a game there can attest that the court seems much larger in person (and the players much bigger!). The court size is actually a little larger than 50 feet wide by 94 feet long if you include the out-of-bounds areas.

And in keeping with the local Oshkosh theme (beyond Jarmusz on the Badgers), let's consider: the proposed pumping station being plopped in a beautiful residential park area here in Oshkosh is about 2/3rds the size of the huge basketball court! It is slated to be 60 foot by 60 foot. That's a big building.

And no one that I've talked with has any idea what this thing is going to look like, or sound like for that matter. There must be some noise involved in pumping large quantities of untreated and polluted water directly into the lake. I'll have to review meeting records, but I also haven't heard anything about height.

For more information on the pump station - take a look here.

Posted in: Local Government,Our City,sustainability,Water