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(PHOTOS) Milwaukee’s Hoan Bridge lit up safety barrel orange for work zone awareness
Milwaukee’s Daniel Hoan Memorial Bridge lit orange to promote work zone safety amid rising crashes and injuries during road construction season. Last year, there were seven work zone crash fatalities.
Construction lobbying totals of 2025: See who spent the most last year
New and old faces spent time and money last year lobbying amid a busy legislative session.
Drive safe and slow down is the message to motorists as construction season picks up
In Wisconsin, more than 2,100 crashes happen in work zones each year, WisDOT data showed.
Construction lobbyists spent hundreds of thousands in Madison in 2024
One organization ramped its spending to six figures influencing lawmakers in the first half of 2024.
See Wisconsin road contractor awards since November
Construction let amounts have been relatively flat over the past 10 years, but roadbuilders said the buying power is less with inflation.
Transportation builders launch work zone safety website
Work Zone Safe Wisconsin will feature both current laws and modern signage on the road, but the stories of the men and women in work zones as well.
Wisconsin’s construction industry spent $1.46 million lobbying in 2023
Lobbyists argued for nighttime quarry hauling, more funding in the state transportation budget and for competitive contracting at the Milwaukee Brewers stadium.
Top 20 construction groups spent $700K lobbying in first half of 2023
A sneak peek of lobbying efforts showed aggregate producers spent the most funds from January to June.
Infrastructure expansion sparks new clarification bill targeting roadbuilders and utilities
A bill seeking to have WisDOT compensate contractors for transportation project delays has support from both utilities and roadbuilders.
Wisconsin GOP gubernatorial primary heats up over gas
The two front-runners in Wisconsin's Republican primary race for governor went after one another Wednesday over gas prices, marking a more negative shift in the race less than five weeks before the Aug. 9 primary.
Infrastructure group, transportation association top list of industry lobbyists for 2021 (UPDATE)
More than two dozen construction industry groups spent $1.7 million in total lobbying state lawmakers this past year.
Baas to replace Goss as head of transportation group WTBA
Steve Baas, who recently advocated for widening Interstate 94 west of downtown Milwaukee, will take over as head of the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, the advocacy group announced on Thursday.
Today’s News
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of July 13, 2026
- 200-unit apartment project wins 2nd city endorsement
- ON THE LEVEL: Josh Brown takes the torch at Bliffert Lumber
- BUILDING BLOCKS: Tom’s Drive In nears completion in Fond du Lac
- Computing facility dropped from Midtown Center redevelopment in Milwaukee
- Delayed Bay View development reaches Milwaukee Common Council
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids from around Wisconsin | July 6
- Energy plant pinned to Milwaukee County courthouse project
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of July 6, 2026
- Madison roofer’s catastrophic fall flew under the radar
- WisDOT says veterans’ graves won’t be moved during I-94 expansion
- Wisconsin Laborers union launches peer support group
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)