State and local officials cut a ribbon on Wednesday to mark the completion of a new interchange where Interstate 41 meets Wisconsin Highway 441 southwest of Appleton.
Days of heavy rain in western Wisconsin have brought on what the head of the largest construction union in the state likes to call "ramen noodle and Spam" week.
WisDOT officials were reporting traffic backups Thursday on the westbound lanes where Highway 441 meets Interstate 41 just outside Appleton after repairs made to eliminate potholes did not “cure” as quickly as expected.
State lawmakers on a powerful budget committee have scheduled a meeting Wednesday to consider a request to borrow an additional $200 million for road projects in the current fiscal year.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is requesting that lawmakers approve the use of $200 million worth of bonding to avoid recently announced delays to long-planned projects throughout the state.
As a report warned Tuesday that delaying various long-planned highway expansions will cost Wisconsin thousands of construction jobs in the short term and millions in taxpayer money, Gov. Scott Walker announced he is working with lawmakers to have more money approved for specific projects.
As various officials had warned this summer, a reduction in the state’s authorized bonding for transportation projects is resulting in delays to large road projects around Wisconsin.