The state’s ongoing struggle to maintain its freeways is threatening the timeline for extending Milwaukee’s Lake Parkway into Oak Creek.

Tagged with: Brian Biernat I-794 Kenneth Yunker SEWRPC Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission WisDOT

By James Briggs Another Wisconsin rail proposal is dead, forcing millions of dollars to return to various senders as a public transit board begins to dissolve. The Southeastern Regional Transit Authority on Monday initiated the process of disbursing its $1.2 ...

Tagged with: Board of Supervisors commuter rail Kenneth Yunker KRM Lee Holloway Scott Walker Southeastern Regional Transit Authority

Dustin Block [email protected] Chaos. Anger. Confusion. Stimulus. Those four words weaved together Friday in a tense committee meeting that pitted Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett against the Wisconsin Department of Transportation over $7.5 million in federal money for roads and bridges. ...

Tagged with: Kenneth Yunker Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission stimulus Tom Barrett Washington County

Dustin Block [email protected] Jon Edgren walked into a meeting Friday with $7.8 million in stimulus money for two Washington County road projects. The Washington County highway commissioner walked out with questions and, possibly, empty pockets. Just three days earlier, the state ...

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Dustin Block [email protected] There are three vacancies on the committee that will distribute $38.7 million in stimulus money in the Milwaukee area. Milwaukee County has two vacancies and the city of Milwaukee has one on the advisory committee to the ...

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Dustin Block [email protected] Politics were not in play when the city of Milwaukee missed out on the first round of stimulus money, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. The $42.5 million in local road and bridge projects approved Tuesday ...

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