Press Releases
Letter to Senator Marklein and Representative Born, Joint Finance Committee Members
Sen. Howard Marklein Co-Chair, Joint Finance Committee Room 316 East State Capitol Madison, WI 53707 Rep. Mark Born Co-Chair, Joint Finance Committee Room 308 East State Capitol Madison, WI 53708 Dear Senator Marklein and Representative [...]
Vital I-94 East-West Project Clears FHWA Review
Coalition Thanks WisDOT and FHWA for Extensive Analysis of Corridor Today, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) announced the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) signed off on the Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the I-94 [...]
I-94 East-West Traffic Volumes Return to Pre-COVID Levels
WisDOT Analysis Shows Cost of Six and Eight-Lane Alternatives Roughly the Same Tonight, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) will hold the first of two I-94 East-West Corridor Study public involvement meetings to review the [...]
Supporters of I-94 Project Meet with FHWA, Broad Coalition Touts Breadth and Depth of Project’s Approval, with Needed Capacity, Increased Connectivity
Business, labor, community representatives, and economic development organizations stress the importance of the corridor’s modernization with an added lane in each direction for safety, jobs, and economic growth. A group of community and business leaders met with [...]
More Than 70 Percent of Voters in Milwaukee and Waukesha Counties Support Modernizing and Adding Capacity to the I-94 East-West Corridor
Poll Shows Broad Support Within Demographic, Geographic, and Political Subsets Area residents overwhelmingly support the modernization of the 60-year-old I-94 East-West Corridor with an added lane in each direction to reduce congestion and improve traffic [...]
Statement: Coalition Commends Governor Evers for Moving Forward with Vital I-94 East-West Project
Steve Baas, Senior Vice President of Governmental Affairs and Public Policy at the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC) and spokesperson for the I-94 East-West Econ Connect coalition, issued the following statement regarding Governor Evers’ [...]
Statement: Coalition of Milwaukee-Waukesha Business and Community Leaders urge WisDOT to reconsider position on I-94 East-West
The I-94 East-West Econ Connect Coalition released the following statement on the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s recent letter to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) about the I-94 East-West project in Milwaukee: “I-94 East-West Econ Connect, a [...]
Waukesha County Executive Farrow joins regional business leaders in call to keep I-94 East-West project moving forward
Waukesha County Executive Paul Farrow today joined members of I-94 East-West Econ Connect, a coalition of Waukesha and Milwaukee County businesses, organizations and institutions working to keep Wisconsin’s economy strong, in calling on lawmakers to [...]
New radio ad urges legislators to finish the job, spend wisely and keep I-94 East-West reconstruction on track
I-94 East-West Econ Connect – a coalition of Waukesha and Milwaukee County business, organizations and institutions working to keep Wisconsin’s economy strong – today launched a radio campaign urging lawmakers to include funding in the [...]
Statement regarding the Assembly Republican transportation funding proposal
Suzanne Kelley, president and CEO of the Waukesha County Business Alliance and spokesperson for the I-94 East-West Econ Connect coalition, today issued the following statement regarding the transportation funding proposal released by State Rep. Dale [...]