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WisDOT renews search for ways to pay for transportation
More than a year after a special commission recommended ways to raise money for Wisconsin transportation projects, state officials are hitting reset on the conversation.
View from around the state: Transportation panel’s call for tax hike tough on Walker
The recommendations last week from a group assigned to figure out how to pay for Wisconsin's roads and other transportation needs may create the same dilemma for Gov. Scott Walker as the Simpson-Bowles Commission did for President Barack Obama.
Gas tax, driver’s fee increases recommended (UPDATE)
A bipartisan task force's recommendations to raise a variety of Wisconsin's driving-related taxes and fees are unlikely to find much traction in the Republican-controlled Legislature, which has signaled it wants to take a different road in getting money for infrastructure upg[...]
Report to recommend gas tax, other fee increases to pay for infrastructure (UPDATE)
A report to Wisconsin state lawmakers will recommend increasing the gas tax and raising vehicle registration and driver's license fees.
Milwaukee alderman calls for more road money
A Milwaukee alderman, fed up with the lack of money going toward local roads, wants the city’s Intergovernmental Relations Division to lobby the state on behalf of city streets.
Commission charged with closing gap between available money, fixing roads (UPDATE)
Wisconsin’s Transportation Policy and Finance Commission began grappling with a formidable question Wednesday: How to use contracting state funds to maintain, fix and expand the state’s highway network -- not to mention local roads, railroads, airports, and bicycle paths?
WisDOT official: More budget flexibility needed to relieve congestion
The state's Department of Transportation can improve its existing highway network without spending more money, John Corbin, the agency’s director of traffic operations, said Thursday. But only if the state permits more flexible use of highway improvement money to pay for traffic devices designed to ease congestion and increase safety.
Transportation commission to hold listening session on long-range needs
Wisconsin’s Transportation Finance and Policy Commission on Thursday will hold a public listening session to discuss the state’s long-range transportation needs, according to a Wisconsin Department of Transportation news release.
Transportation commission to hold listening session
Wisconsin’s Transportation Finance and Policy Commission will hold a public listening session April 26 to discuss the state’s long-range transportation needs, according to a Wisconsin Department of Transportation news release.
Milwaukee officials have plans for transportation money
Transportation money was on the mind of Milwaukee officials during a Wisconsin Transportation Finance and Policy Commission hearing Thursday in Milwaukee.
Transportation commission to host public listening session
A commission tasked with reporting how the state should best spend its money on transportation and roads in the future will host a public listening session Thursday.
Transportation committee approves roadwork, environmental studies (UPDATE)
The state’s major highway projects committee on Wednesday approved a $150 million Madison-area road expansion and green lit six other potential projects for environmental study.
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- BUILDING BLOCKS: Second phase of Lower Yahara River Trail construction
- Sky-high mortgage rates leave homes unaffordable for more buyers, sending new home sales tumbling
- Forecast: Economic challenges ahead as rates rise and labor shortages remain
- CBRE opens office on 18th floor of Milwaukee BMO Tower
- Former inmate able to rebuild life through work in construction trades
- Zignego to lead $60M I-894 improvement project
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)
