WIS 29 lane closures scheduled in Marathon County 

Published: February 28, 2012
Tags: roadwork, Sunrise Drive, WIS 29

There will be single-lane closures during the day on WIS 29 through Friday, according to a WisDOT news release.

Major highway projects to take break for Fourth 

Published: June 30, 2011
Tags: roadwork, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT

Most major highway construction projects in the state will be on hold through the Fourth of July holiday weekend, according to a news release from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Some work zones will still be active over the holiday weekend and will include lane restrictions. They are: 1. I-94 from Russell Road to the [...]

Counties around the state bracing for tight road budgets

By Paul Snyder Wisconsin county highway commissioners, lacking federal stimulus money and local revenue, are facing the likelihood of fewer projects in 2011. “When county budgets are tight and they’re looking for ways to save money, it becomes easy to say, ‘Let’s just cut a highway project or two,’” said Bruce Stelzner, Chippewa County Highway [...]

Builders predict rising paint prices

Published: June 16, 2010
Tags: Bess Crowley, Crowley Construction, Mega Rentals, Mike Aders, Notbohm, road paint, roadwork, Sherwin Williams, striping, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT
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The paint shortages hitting county highway crews also are affecting contractors rebuilding state highways. Paint shipments that used to arrive within a week of ordering now take about six weeks, said Bess Crowley, president of Crowley Construction Corp., a Wauwatosa-based painting contractor that works on state highway construction. Crowley said the state’s decision to approve [...]

Highway K construction to start Monday

Published: June 11, 2010
Tags: Dane County, detour, Falk, Highway K, roadwork, stimulus

Road crews will begin work to improve County Highway K, north of Middleton, on Monday. The resurfacing project between County Highway M and Q is being paid for through a combination of federal stimulus money secured by Dane County along with county property tax dollars. The total cost of the project is $800,000, with $600,000 [...]

Milwaukee roadwork takes edge in budget showdown

Published: May 26, 2010
Tags: attorney, budget, City Hall, Frank P. Zeidler Municipal Building, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Department of Public Works, office, roadwork

Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Milwaukee’s dedication to street construction is putting city department leaders on a bumpy road toward office renovation approvals. The Milwaukee Department of Public Works’ proposed long-range budget dedicates $85.8 million to street projects between 2011 and 2016, starting with $15.3 million in next year’s budget. But city officials charged with prioritizing projects [...]

Paint shortage stains road-building season

Published: May 24, 2010
Tags: Aders, Barron County, Chippewa County, Ennis Traffic Safety Solutions, Mega Rentals, Notbohm, paint, roadwork, Servi, shortage, Stelzner, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT
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By Sean Ryan Wisconsin highway planners and suppliers are coping for the first time with the prospect they won‘t have enough paint for the year’s road projects. News of nationwide road paint shortages rippled across Wisconsin in the past week after paint producers such as Dallas-based Ennis Traffic Safety Solutions and the Road Safety Markings [...]

Cities wait for road money ruling from attorney general

Published: May 18, 2010
Tags: construction money, infrastructure, Jim Bohl, MATC, Mike Sargent, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee TIF district, roadwork, Schoewe, Stibal, tax-incremental financing, TIF, TIF Joint Review Board, Van Hollen

By Sean Ryan Municipal officials facing backlogs of roadwork are waiting on a Wisconsin attorney general’s opinion that could give them a new source of construction money. The idea of using tax-incremental financing to rebuild deteriorating roads started in the city of Milwaukee but is catching the attention of other municipalities. When Milwaukee requested to [...]

Contractors bypass New Berlin road project

Published: May 14, 2010
Tags: B.R. Amon & Sons, Capitol Pavers, Chiovatero, J.P. Walker, John Loosen, New Berlin, paving, Payne & Dolan Inc., roadwork, street resurfacing, Tom Amon, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT

By Sean Ryan New Berlin officials wonder why only one bidder pursued a $1.7 million road project at a time when paving company reps say they are hungry for work. The bid the city received from Payne & Dolan Inc., Waukesha, is higher than the amount budgeted for the project, so the city this week [...]

Madison dials down power plant roadwork demands

By Paul Snyder Madison traffic planners are backing off a directive to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to rebuild streets and intersections surrounding the Charter Street power plant. But Bryan Walker, the city‘s engineering program specialist, said the university and city should be ready for some roadwork during and after the estimated $250 million conversion of [...]