Industry warns against toll road rejection 

Published: August 6, 2010
Tags: Craig Thompson, Department of Transportation, Doyle, infrastructure, Joint Committee on Finance, Local 139, McGowan, Neumann, Pat Goss, Scott Walker, TDA, toll roads, tolls, Tom Barrett, transportation budget, Transportation Builders Association, Transportation Development Association, WisDOT, WTBA

By Justin Kern
Special to The Daily Reporter
Supporting toll roads in the state could mean doom to an office seeker’s campaign.
But advocates for tolls and other revenue sources say avoiding tolls altogether could mean worse for the roads used by millions of drivers in the state.
The three gubernatorial candidates — Republicans Mark Neumann and Milwaukee County [...]

Editorial cartoon

Published: May 14, 2010
Tags: carbon, cartoon, tax, tolls

Roadwork grows state deficit woes

Published: July 9, 2009
Tags: bonding, deficit, gas tax, oil franchise fee, roadwork, state budget, tolls
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Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
The state’s road map to paying for highway construction during the next two years will drive up the budget deficit the Legislature spent months trying to close.
Jon Dyck, a fiscal analyst with the Legislative Fiscal Bureau, said the state will be on the hook for 10 to 20 years paying off the $204.7 million [...]