Milwaukee losing bang for streetcar bucks

Published: May 4, 2010
Tags: Bauman, Boothe, D.C., design/build, environmental impact statement, environmental review, Federal Transit Administration, grant, Holland & Knight, inflation, Milwaukee, Polenske, streetcar, Washington

By Sean Ryan A potential yearlong environmental review for a proposed streetcar system in Milwaukee would further devalue the federal grant the city wants to use for construction. Milwaukee officials are trying to avoid that scenario. “Every year we wait, the value of that money diminishes because of inflation,” said Alderman Robert Bauman. “So every [...]