Work has begun on the 4-year overhaul of the Hoan Bridge and Lake Freeway in Milwaukee.

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The Illinois construction firm that submitted the low bid has been officially awarded the Hoan Bridge and Lake Freeway reconstruction contract by WisDOT.

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The low bid for the Hoan Bridge/Interstate 794 construction came from a Chicago company that has worked on Milwaukee roads before.

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Contractors interested in working on dozens of projects on the Hoan Bridge and I-794 can submit bids at the end of the summer.

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In signing the state’s 2013-15 budget bill Sunday, Gov. Scott Walker left unchanged a tax increase that is estimated to cost construction companies and other heavy users of the state’s unemployment fund millions of dollars in the coming years.

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The state’s budget committee voted unanimously to adopt most of Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to eliminate a $63 million deficit in the state’s transportation fund while putting more toward transit services, local roads and specific projects.

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Building Advantage will host a meeting for contractors and labor leaders May 14 to discuss opportunities to work on state construction projects.

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New projections show Wisconsin's transportation budget is spiraling toward a $63.5 million deficit by mid-2015, leaving lawmakers groping for how to pay for building and repairing roads across the state over the next two years.

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A coalition of nonprofit groups on Tuesday called for the adoption of a state transportation budget that would put more money into local roads and transit at the expense of highways, according to a news release put out by the groups.

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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting April 10 to discuss the Interstate 794 and Hoan Bridge rehabilitation project.

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