Table 83

TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION, AND UTILITY LAND USE
IN THE REGION BY COUNTY: 1963, 1970, 1975, 1980, AND 1985

Transportation, Communication, and Utility Land Usea
1963            1970            1975            1980             1985
Percent         Percent          Percent         Percent         Percent
County      Acres of Region  Acres  of Region  Acres  of Region  Acres  of Region  Acres  of Region
Kenosha . . . . . . 8,142  8.9   8,674     8.4    9,046    8.1    9,639    8.2    9,912    8.2
Milwaukee  . . . 28,714  31.3   33,118    31.9   34,539   30.8   35,681   30.3   36,337   30.2
Ozaukee . . . . . . 5,971  6.5   6,956     6.7    8,192    7.3    8,548    7.3    8,637    7.2
Racine . . . . . . . 10,768  11.7  11,795  11.4  12,253   10.9   12,753   10.8   12,973    10.8
Walworth . . . . . 10,959  12.0  12,161   11.7   13,916   12.4   14,474   12.3   14,603    12.1
Washington . . .  10,238  11.2   10,997   10.6   11,693   10.5   12,273   10.4   12,828    10.7
Waukesha.. ...16,836     18.4   19,993   19.3   22,407   20.0   24,338   20.7   24,989    20.8
Region        91,628   100.0  103,694  100.0  112,046  100.0  117,706  100.0   120,279  100.0
Change in Transportation, Communication, and Utility Land Use
1963-1970       1970-1975       1975-1980       1980-1985       1970-1985
County       Acres   Percent  Acres  Percent  Acres  Percent  Acres  Percent  Acres  Percent
Kenosha . . . . . .  532    6.5     372     4.3    593     6.6     273    2.8     1,238    14.3
Milwaukee  . . . .  4,404  15.3   1,421     4.3   1,142    3.3     656    1.8     3,219     9.7
Ozaukee . . . . . .  985   16.5   1,236    17.8    356     4.3      89    1.0     1,681    24.2
Racine . . . . . . .  1,027  9.5    458     3.9    500     4.1     220    1.7     1,178    10.0
Walworth . . . . .  1,202  11.0   1,755    14.4     558    4.0     129     0.9    2,442    20.1
Washington . . . .  759     7.4     696     6.3     580    5.0     555     4.5    1,831    16.6
Waukesha . . . . .  3,157  18.8   2,414    12.1   1,931    8.6     651     2.7    4,996    25.0
Region          12,066   13.2   8,352     8.1   5,660    5.1    2,573    2.2    16,585   16.0
aincludes off-street parking areas of more than 10 spaces.
Source: SEWRPC.

At the time of the regional land use inventory
in 1985, a total of about 25,600 acres of land,
representing 1.5 percent of the total area of the
Region, was devoted to intensive recreational
use. Major concentrations of recreational lands
occur in the Kenosha, Milwaukee, and Racine
metropolitan areas as well as in many of the
Region's smaller urban centers. Concentrations
of recreational land also occur around many
lakes, streams, and woodland areas in outlying
areas of the Region. Milwaukee County
accounted for 28 percent of all recreational lands

in the Region, Waukesha County for 23 percent,
Walworth County for 14 percent, and Kenosha
County for 11 percent. Ozaukee, Racine, and
Washington County each accounted for less
than 10 percent of the regional total (see
Table 85).
Between 1963 and 1970, recreational land use in
the Region increased by about 4,500 acres, or 27
percent, an average annual increase of 639 acres.
Between 1970 and 1985, this category increased
by an additional 4,300 acres, or 20 percent, an

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