Milwaukee officials told a committee on Wednesday that they remain confident the delayed Couture high-rise will ultimately be built — but that they may also have to pursue other options for the completion of a branch of the city's streetcar line that now depends on the construction of the Couture.

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Milwaukee officials will not receive the $20 million they were hoping to get from a federal grant that would partly finance a proposed extension of the city’s long-planned downtown streetcar line. Officials with the Federal Transit Administration on Friday announced that ...

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Federal officials have decided to let Milwaukee County sell land near Milwaukee’s lakefront to serve as the site of the Couture high-rise project.

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Contrary to the insistence of some Milwaukee officials that $54.9 million allocated for the downtown streetcar may not go to other types of transportation projects, the money might be able to be used for a bus rapid transit system instead.

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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation will give nearly $3.5 million to local and private agencies to help expand transportation for senior and disabled citizens.

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Driven by high gas prices and an uncertain economy, Americans are turning to trains and buses to get around in greater numbers than ever before. But the aging transit systems they're riding face an $80 billion maintenance backlog that jeopardizes service just when it's most in demand.

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A trio of local officials Wednesday selected a south side Milwaukee park-and-ride lot to announce their request that Congress pull money from the city's planned streetcar project.

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Milwaukee is on pace to issue a request for proposals by late fall for the city's streetcar project, seeking what officials hope will be several potential plans for the $64.6 million, 2.1-mile line.

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St. Paul, Minn. (AP) — St. Paul’s mayor said the Federal Transit Administration will sign an agreement next week committing $460 million in aid for the Twin Cities light rail transit project. Some have criticized the Metropolitan Council for proceeding ...

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Minneapolis — The Metropolitan Council and other local agencies finally have the news they have been seeking: The Federal Transit Administration has sent to Congress the grant agreement for the Central Corridor light rail project.

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