Cornerstone Pavers is accusing AT&T and an engineering firm of causing a x-month delay that cost the company about $1.3 million on a road project in Racine County.

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In an April letting that drew a large number of single-bidders, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation has awarded that month's largest job to the only company that submitted an offer.

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As people hunker down at home, with few places to go but the grocery store, congestion has all but disappeared from our highways and freeways.

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In a monthly state road-work letting that's moving ahead despite the outbreak of COVID-19, nearly a third of the jobs up for grabs have drawn just a single bidder.

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Amid an outbreak of COVID-19 that’s put much of public life on pause, infrastructure work in the upper Midwest is plowing forward.

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A week after Gov. Tony Evers declared a state of emergency in response to the outbreak of COVID-19, it's business as usual for most public construction work.

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Even as COVID-19 has led to school closings, event cancellations and other social-distancing measures, Wisconsin's construction industry has largely made no plans to stop work – at least fornow.

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You have probably seen the message boards along Wisconsin freeways providing information on travel times, Amber and Silver Alerts and witty remarks about driving safely.

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Gov. Tony Evers announced Wednesday that the Wisconsin Department of Transportation will give out about $75 million in grants to 152 local transportation projects, a one-time shot in the arm for the state's local roads.

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Racine-based Cornerstone Pavers USA and two affiliated companies have filed for bankruptcy, a decision that comes on the heels of major delays on several projects in southeastern Wisconsin.

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