Cities wait for road money ruling from attorney general

U.S. shuns some big public works projects

Published: October 22, 2010
Tags: American Society of Civil Engineers, CG/LA Infrastructure, Council of Economic Advisers, high-speed rail, infrastructure, Rail, recession, shovel-ready, Treasury Department

By  DAVID PORTER and  MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Writers NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s governor wants to kill a $9 billion-plus train tunnel to New York City because of runaway costs. Six thousand miles away, Hawaii’s outgoing governor is having second thoughts about a proposed $5.5 billion rail line in Honolulu. In many of [...]

Obama touts transportation proposal

Published: October 11, 2010
Tags: infrastructure, Obama, transit, Transportation

Washington (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday lobbied for Republican support from Capitol Hill for a burst of spending on transportation projects, calling his proposal a jobs creator for the middle class and an overdue investment in the country’s foundation. “There’s no reason why we can’t do this,” Obama said in a brief Rose [...]

Obama says voters may blame him for economy

Published: September 10, 2010
Tags: economy, infrastructure, jobs, Obama, recession, tax cuts

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and  TOM RAUM Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama insisted Friday that the U.S. economy is digging itself out of the deepest recession in decades but conceded that “progress has been painfully slow” and many voters in November’s elections may blame him. Facing a rising jobless rate, Obama told [...]

Obama expected to back business tax breaks

Published: September 7, 2010
Tags: business investment tax breaks, capital investments, infrastructure, Obama, stimulus

By Julie Pace AP Writer Washington — President Barack Obama will call on Congress to pass new tax breaks that would allow businesses to write off 100 percent of their new capital investments through 2011, the latest in a series of proposals the White House is rolling out in an effort to show action on [...]

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 [...]

Half million in flood damage reported in Grant County

Published: July 26, 2010
Tags: flood, Grant County, infrastructure, Potosi, storm
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LANCASTER, Wis. (AP) — Assessors say flash flooding has caused more than a half million dollars in damage in Grant County. Emergency management officials continued their work Sunday in assessing the damage in various townships caused by heavy rain overnight Friday. Some residents near Potosi were evacuated early Saturday as the rain came down. Emergency [...]

Sinkhole work around Milwaukee may take six weeks

Published: July 23, 2010
Tags: Edward E. Gillen, Escalade, infrastructure, Milwaukee, Rawson Contractors, repair, sinkhole, storm
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Work to repair a roughly 20-by-40-foot sinkhole at North Oakland and East North avenues in Milwaukee will continue for up to six weeks, according to the Milwaukee Department of Public Works. A 66-inch diameter combined city sewer main collapsed Thursday night as a result of the heavy rains, leading to the sinkhole’s creation, said Cecilia [...]

Survey finds most Americans think now is a good time to build infrastructure

Published: July 19, 2010
Tags: AEM, Association of Equipment Manufacturers, Clarus Research Group, infrastructure, jobs, stimulus

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers released details Monday of a non-partisan nationwide poll about voter attitudes on the economy, manufacturing and transportation infrastructure. When asked how much of the $800 billion economic stimulus package was used to create jobs by rebuilding and improving highways, roads, and bridges, 2 out of 5 voters incorrectly guessed 25 [...]

Barrett vows to lift construction roadblocks if elected governor

By Paul Snyder Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said Thursday during a press conference in Verona he wants to jump start more construction work in Wisconsin if elected governor. During a campaign stop at the Verona headquarters of Full Compass Systems Ltd., Barrett unveiled a five-point Wisconsin job creation plan. The plan includes a 20 percent [...]