Published: August 18, 2010
Tags: border, Doyle, expansion, I-39/90, Kevin Traas, Madison, Sheridan, Stephen Nass, TPC, Transportation Projects Commission, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, WisDOT, WTBA
By Joe Lanane
The resurrection of the state’s Transportation Projects Commission is reviving the debate between those who want money for road maintenance and the backers of new construction.
State Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan, D-Janesville, who will help select TPC members this week to review eight proposed highway projects, said he believes the $1.02 billion Interstate 39/90 [...]
Published: June 14, 2010
Tags: concrete, Konstantin Sobolev, life span, Sobolev, Tom Walker, Traas, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, UW-Milwaukee, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, WTBA
Comments: 2
By Sean Ryan
Road builders question the practicality of concrete that could last 120 years and significantly cut the industry‘s workload.
Materials researchers have found ways to extend pavement life to more than a century. Konstantin Sobolev, a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee associate professor, is trying to build on that success and to further improve concrete’s ability to [...]
Published: June 2, 2010
Tags: Busalacchi, Dan Cunningham, Doyle, Federal Highway Administration, Forward Janesville, I-39/90, Interstate 39, Interstate 39/90, Interstate 90, Sheridan, Traas, Transportation Planning Commission, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, WisDOT, WTBA
By Darryl Enriquez
State Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan, D-Janesville, said he wants money for the planned $1.02 billion expansion of Interstate 39/90 from the Illinois border to Madison approved before Gov. Jim Doyle leaves office this fall.
If the money isn’t approved, Sheridan said he would introduce a bill in the Legislature during its next session to [...]
Published: April 9, 2010
Tags: Blueprint for Change, Craig Thompson, Jeff Stone, Pat Goss, road construction, Sinicki, toll, Traas, Transportation Development Association of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, Wisconsin Way, WTBA
Comments: 3
By Paul Snyder
A coalition of state organizations wants tolls to pay for road construction.
But recommendations and reports are not enough to drum up legislative support.
“I’d want to see the plans for where they would go and how they would be used,” said state Rep. Christine Sinicki, D-Milwaukee, a member of the Assembly Committee on Transportation. [...]
Published: April 7, 2010
Tags: Associated General Contractors of America, carbon emission, Carbon Tax Center, Federal Highway Trust Fund, gas tax, Komanoff, Traas, Turmail, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association
Comments: 1
By Sean Ryan
A proposal to use a federal gasoline tax increase to pay for carbon-emissions research is frustrating builder associations that want the money for highway construction.
“Ultimately, we have very limited opportunities to make the investment that everybody says we need in our transportation system,” said Brian Turmail, spokesman for the Associated General Contractors of [...]
Published: March 29, 2010
Tags: AGC, American Subcontractors Association of Wisconsin, ASA, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Beiriger, Boullion, Boycks, contractor liability, Eric Peterson, Lena Taylor, subcontractors, Wisconsin Builders Association, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, WTBA
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
Time is running out in this legislative session for a bill that would change Wisconsin’s contractor liability law.
Subcontractors vow to keep pushing for passage, but the bill is trapped in a Senate committee and has a dwindling chance of escaping before the session ends April 22.
“We’ve reached out for other ideas, and we [...]
Published: March 23, 2010
Tags: Dan Cunningham, Forward Janesville, Schmitt, Sheridan, State Rep. Jeff Stone, Tom Walker, Traas, Transportation Projects Commission, Vos, Wisconsin Assembly, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association
By Paul Snyder
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan, D-Janesville, is lining up with a coalition pushing for expansion of Interstate 39/90 between Madison and the Illinois border.
But getting the project on the state’s construction calendar may require approval from a commission that hasn’t met for eight years.
“We need jobs,” said Dan Cunningham, vice president of Forward [...]
Published: March 1, 2010
Tags: AGC, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Associated General Contractors of America, Bunning, highway, Highway Trust Fund, jobs bill, Larry Brown, Mississippi Department of Transportation, Traas, Turmail, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association
By Paul Snyder
Contractors are waiting for Congress to make a move after lawmakers failed to pass a bill extending financing for highway construction that left projects suspended throughout the country.
The bill would prevent an $11.1 billion reduction in the nationwide highway program. Wisconsin is estimated to have $200.7 million at stake.
“The situation is bad,” said [...]
Published: February 23, 2010
Tags: Associated General Contractors of America, Association of Equipment Manufacturers, Congress, Craig Thompson, Deery, federal government, highway, jobs bill, Traas, Transportation, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, Yaksich
Comments: 1
By Sean Ryan
The federal government will hemorrhage $11.1 billion in 2010 highway money if Congress doesn’t pass a bill by Sunday to temporarily plug the leak.
Wisconsin has $200.7 million at stake in the Congressional debate over jobs bills that would prevent the $11.1 billion reduction in the nationwide highway program.
The federal transportation spending law expired [...]
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