Published: March 9, 2010
Tags: Balistreri, Bruskewitz, Chequamegon Bay, Chippewa Valley, Craig Thompson, Dennis Osgood, Graef-USA, Jim Doyle, John Kissinger, Kathleen Falk, La Crosse, La Crosse County Highway Department, Merritt, Regional Transit Authority, roadwork, Robin Vos, RTA, Shilling, southeastern Wisconsin, Transportation Development Association of Wisconsin, Willie Hines
By Paul Snyder
Roadwork deserves a share of the money raised by regional transit authorities, according to a lawmaker who argues spending should match the realities of transportation.
“It’s silly to think that 99 percent of the people that use a car to get to work or the store are going to give that up because a [...]
Published: February 19, 2010
Tags: bridge, Interstate 35W bridge, Metropolitan Freeway System 2009 Congestion Report, Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT, roadwork
By Brian Johnson
Dolan Media Newswires
Minneapolis — Traffic congestion is up slightly in the metro area, according to a new report from the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
The newly released Metropolitan Freeway System 2009 Congestion Report found that 18.2 percent of roadway miles in the metro area were congested in 2009, up from 17.3 percent in 2008. [...]
Published: February 16, 2010
Tags: bill, budget, Dan Thompson, Fitzgerald, Huck, income tax, Krueger, League of Wisconsin Municipalities, Plale, property tax, roadwork, sales tax, shared revenue, Wisconsin Alliance of Cities
By Paul Snyder
Local governments facing a grim future of postponed roadwork and delayed capital projects are hailing a bill that would force the state to return more money.
But standing between the bill’s proposal and passage is the equally grim reality that the state doesn’t have any more money to return.
“This sounds kind of gimmicky,” said [...]
Published: February 8, 2010
Tags: biofiltration system, Botts, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Fedderly, green space, McMahon Associates, roadwork, rule, runoff, Vande Hey, Wisconsin County Highway Association
By Sean Ryan
Public works directors are cringing over a proposed state rule revision that would drain money from local road projects to support water runoff work.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is revising its runoff rule, and the proposal includes stricter runoff controls for road reconstruction projects. The DNR estimated the rule change could increase [...]
Published: February 3, 2010
Tags: Bauer & Bach LLC, Department of Transportation, eminent domain, Highway 100, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Reidenbach & Sajdak SC, roadwork, South 27th Street, stimulus, Wesolowski, Whistling Straits Golf Course, Wisconsin
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By Jack Zemlicka
Dolan Media Newswires
It seems impossible to drive anywhere in Wisconsin without encountering roadwork.
Federal stimulus money has accelerated several highway and city street projects in the state, and the work beyond those orange barrels is expected to create more green for condemnation lawyers.
“It’s kind of exploding,” said attorney Brian C. Sajdak, of Wesolowski, Reidenbach [...]
Published: January 27, 2010
Tags: Bauman, Goss, Henken, maintenance, Milwaukee County, Public Policy Forum, roadwork, Stone, Weishan
By Sean Ryan
Milwaukee County might take on more roadwork despite studies and theories suggesting there is a benefit to withdrawing from the business.
The county could save money if takes over some of the roadwork — such as paving, reconstruction and maintenance — now done by municipalities, said John Weishan, Milwaukee County Board supervisor. It might [...]
Published: January 13, 2010
Tags: Barrett, Bohl, district, Kwaterski, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee Economic Development, Milwaukee Public Schools, roadwork, Scherer, tax-incremental financing
By Sean Ryan
Caution could signal weakness as Milwaukee tries to drum up more money for road projects.
The city is preparing to put into action Alderman Jim Bohl’s proposal to use tax-incremental financing to pay for street construction. Under the plan, the city would extend the lives of TIF districts by up to two years so [...]
Published: December 10, 2009
Tags: American Road & Transportation Builders Association, Environmental Protection Agency, Goldstein, highway, Newport, roadwork, runoff, storm water, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
By Sean Ryan
New federal runoff rules will unnecessarily increase road construction costs, according to a national road builder association.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s storm-water runoff rules for construction sites will apply to road expansion projects. Contractors working on highway projects long have been required to control runoff, but the EPA rules released this month require [...]
Published: November 23, 2009
Tags: Connections 2030, Forestry and Natural Resources, Gottlieb, Holperin, Kanavas, Kapanke, roadwork, Senate Committee on Transportation, state budget, thompson, tourism, Transportation Development Association of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT, Zoo Interchange
By Paul Snyder
Lawmakers are deadlocked over whether the state’s road construction budget should be protected from raids.
“I do want to handcuff the Legislature,” said state Rep. Mark Gottlieb, R-Port Washington. “Until we can assure voters that user fees are going to be used for the right purpose, they’re not going to support new spending.”
Gottlieb wrote [...]
Published: November 16, 2009
Tags: GOP, Jauch, job growth, Meyer, northern Wisconsin, Operating Engineers Local 139, roadwork, stimulus, tax credit, Warner, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
By Paul Snyder
A state lawmaker wants an unknown amount of leftover stimulus money for unspecified road projects in northern Wisconsin.
“I just want to get the message out that there’s more to the state of Wisconsin than Milwaukee and Madison down to the Illinois state line,” said state Rep. Dan Meyer, R-Eagle River.
It’s a vague message [...]
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