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Read More »Kiewit official confident local subcontractors can handle large portion of Milwaukee streetcar work
The contractor overseeing the construction of Milwaukee's downtown streetcar assured local officials Friday that the project can be built largely with the use of local subcontractors and workers.
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Read More »Milwaukee streetcar contractor boasts experience in light-rail, urban projects 
Milwaukee’s downtown streetcar certainly won’t be the first urban light-rail system for its construction manager, Kiewit Corp., which has made its past work on these sorts of projects a point of pride.
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Read More »Milwaukee streetcar project has a construction manager
Milwaukee officials announced Friday that Kiewit Infrastructure Co., of Omaha, Neb., will be overseeing the construction of the city’s long-planned streetcar project.
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Read More »Streetcar extension not on list of projects receiving federal grant money 
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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Read More »Milwaukee negotiating with contractor for streetcar work 
Milwaukee has chosen a construction manager/general contractor to build a $124 million downtown streetcar and both parties are negotiating a final agreement.
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Read More »Milwaukee city development leader reappointment sent back to committee (UPDATE) 
Several Milwaukee Common Council members, in opposing both spending city money on a proposed extension of the city's streetcar line and the reappointment of the Department of City Development commissioner, say they are not satisfied with what they see as a lack of development outside downtown.
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Read More »City officials seeking developers for streetcar-related TIF 
Milwaukee’s Department of City Development has issued a request for proposals this week seeking companies that might want to redevelop a 2-acre plot near where North 4th Street meets Wisconsin Avenue.
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Read More »Cutting the cord: Technology will let streetcar go without overhead wires along part of route 
For at least part of its route, Milwaukee’s long-planned streetcar line will be able to operate without a connection to overhead cables.
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Read More »Contractor interest in Milwaukee streetcar project larger than officials expected 
Milwaukee has received more interest than expected from contractors vying to serve as construction manager for the city's downtown streetcar project.
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