News Coverage
Tracy Johnson of CARW speaks on WTMJ-AM
Tracy Johnson, president and CEO of Commercial Association of REALTORS Wisconsin, joined WTMJ's Steve Scaffidi to make the business case for I-94 East-West Corridor modernization. Located in Milwaukee, this Interstate project is important to all [...]
Op Ed: Business Leaders Support I-94 East-West Modernization Plan
By Steve Baas, Tracy Johnson, and Suzanne Kelley It is well past time to modernize the I-94 East-West Corridor, which is vital to Southeast Wisconsin and the entire state's economy. Originally built almost 60 [...]
Gov. Tony Evers tries to revive long-stalled I-94 project in Milwaukee
Milwaukee Journal Sentinal - Tony Evers is trying to revive a nearly $1 billion on-again, off-again construction project to rebuild Interstate 94 between the Marquette and Zoo interchanges in Milwaukee. The move by the Democratic [...]
Ending Freeway Project Is Historic Blunder: huge costs for taxpayers and more accidents for drivers
Urban Milwaukee - It’s now official. In response to a September request from the Walker administration, the Federal Highway Administration has rescinded approval of Milwaukee’s East-West freeway project. The action caps a roller-coaster year in [...]
Highway funding impasse hits home in Milwaukee
Governing the States and Localities - For years, the Republicans who control Wisconsin’s state government have been hopelessly split on how to pay for road improvements. Things got so bad earlier this year that the [...]
I-94 East-West safety problems and congestion remain after Milwaukee expansion abandoned
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Freeway safety and congestion problems that prompted state transportation officials to plan the reconstruction of I-94 between 16th and 70th streets in Milwaukee will not be dealt with now that the [...]
Abandoned I-94 project kicks costs down the road
Wisconsin Radio Network - What’s next, now that the state has pulled the plug on the I-94 project in Milwaukee County? The state Department of Transportation this week asked the Federal Highway Administration to withdraw authorization [...]
Wisconsin abandons I-94 East-West project in Milwaukee County for lack of funds
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Gov. Scott Walker’s administration is giving up on reconstructing I-94 in Milwaukee between the Marquette and Zoo interchanges in the near term. The about-face from Walker’s team came two weeks after federal [...]
GOP budget deal would delay major Milwaukee-area freeway work
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – A Republican budget deal on transportation would delay two massive construction projects in Milwaukee, impose a $75 surcharge on hybrid vehicles and for the first time apply to the federal government to [...]
A push to pay for the project: Farrow, other officials call for funding I-94 East-West Corridor reconstruction
Waukesha Freeman — Waukesha County officials are rallying behind the planned reconstruction project for the Interstate 94 east/west corridor that was cut from the state’s proposed biennial budget by Gov. Scott Walker. Waukesha County [...]
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