WisDOT recovers unpaid property taxes from Milwaukee train station

Aldermen speak up for streetcar project

Published: May 12, 2013
Tags: Intermodal Station, Nik Kovac, Robert Bauman, streetcar

Two Milwaukee aldermen celebrated National Train Day on Saturday by refuting reports from Madison that their city’s streetcar project is dead.

WisDOT pushing for train maintenance building in Milwaukee (UPDATE)

Published: March 9, 2012
Tags: Amtrak, DOA, Intermodal Station, John Oimoen, Joint Finance Committee, Marc Magliari, Mark Gottlieb, Mike Huebsch, Rail, Talgo, train sets, WisDOT

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation will seek $2.5 million for the final design of a Milwaukee train maintenance building rather than using an Illinois station for the service.

Accessibility conflict stalls Milwaukee train station project

Published: January 20, 2012
Tags: ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, Intermodal Station, John Oimoen, John Parkyn, WisARP, Wisconsin Association of Railroad Passengers, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation knowingly proceeded with a design for a Milwaukee Intermodal Station accessibility project that violated a federal accessibility law.

WisDOT halts letting for Milwaukee train station project

Published: January 13, 2012
Tags: ADA, American with Disabilities Act, Intermodal Station, John Oimoen, Milwaukee, WisDOT

The state’s plans to seek bids in February for the Milwaukee Intermodal Station passenger concourse reconstruction have been called off indefinitely.

WisDOT to discuss Milwaukee’s Intermodal Station reconstruction

Published: October 24, 2011
Tags: concourse, Intermodal Station, Milwaukee, Rail, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday to discuss reconstruction of the 50,000-square-foot passenger concourse at Milwaukee’s Intermodal Station.

Walker wants federal train money (UPDATE)

Published: March 29, 2011
Tags: ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, Bob Bauman, Federal Rail Administration, high-speed rail, Intermodal Station, Mark Gottlieb, Milwaukee, Rail, Scott Walker, train shed, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT
Comments: 3

By Jack Zemlicka A Milwaukee alderman is criticizing Gov. Scott Walker’s attempt to land federal stimulus money to upgrade a passenger train line between Milwaukee and Chicago. Walker wants $150 million in grant money from the Federal Rail Administration for Hiawatha line work and to pay for the majority of a new train shed at [...]

Money disappears for Intermodal train shed work

Published: December 13, 2010
Tags: ADA, Amtrak, Diana Sullivan, Gwen Moore, Herb Kohl, high-speed rail, Independence First, Intermodal Station, Milwaukee, Patrick Curley, Rail, Renlund, Ron Adams, Scott Walker, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT

By Marie Rohde No money is available to build a train shed at the Milwaukee Intermodal Station even though the project is required to meet Americans with Disabilities Act standards. The money for the station improvements had been included as part of the $810 million Milwaukee-to-Madison high-speed rail project that was rescinded by the federal [...]

C.D Smith awarded train shed job

Published: November 1, 2010
Tags: C.D. Smith Construction, high-speed rail, Howard Immel, Intermodal Station, Rail, train shed, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT

Some times it pays to come in second. Milwaukee Intermodal Station Train Shed and Platforms (American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Funds), Milwaukee, Milwaukee County The Wisconsin Department of Transportation on Monday awarded an $18 million contract to C.D. Smith Construction Inc., Fond du Lac, to build a new train shed at Milwaukee’s Intermodal Station, according [...]

State let Immel withdraw train shed bid after error (UPDATE)

Published: October 21, 2010
Tags: high-speed rail, Howard Immel, Intermodal Station, Johnson Machine Works, McNary, Milwaukee, Rail, train shed

By Marie Rohde Howard Immel Inc. failed to include a $1.8 million subcontractor’s cost in its bid to build a new train shed at the Milwaukee Intermodal Station, according to state records. The error could have cost Immel its $400,000 proposal guaranty, but the Wisconsin Department of Transportation did not require the forfeiture. On Wednesday, [...]