Op-ed: Safe, Modern I-94 East-West Corridor Closer to Reality
The Daily Reporter – As 2022 comes to a close, we have some good news. Wisconsin is one step closer to a safe, modern I-94 East-West Corridor. The I-94 East-West [...]
The Daily Reporter – As 2022 comes to a close, we have some good news. Wisconsin is one step closer to a safe, modern I-94 East-West Corridor. The I-94 East-West [...]
In April of last year, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) announced it was proceeding with a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) using the most recent data and to gather [...]
Milwaukee Business Journal – In a strong show of bipartisan support for jobs and economic development, the Republican-controlled Legislative Joint Finance Committee approved the enumeration of the Interstate 94 East-West [...]
While the sustained passion of anti-highway advocates opposed to upgrading and expanding the I-94 East West Corridor is commendable, it ignores several important facts. First, this project is about more [...]
Mayors representing four of the largest Milwaukee County suburbs with a combined population of approximately 170,000 residents sent a letter to Governor Evers in support of the enumeration of the [...]
I-94 Project Represents An Opportunity to Rebuild Milwaukee’s Infrastructure While Building Its Workforce We represent four unions with thousands of members who safely and responsibly work on essential infrastructure projects. [...]
Jorge Franco, CEO of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce talks with WTMJ's Steve Scaffidi on the importance of the I-94 East-West project. "It's not a matter of if we get [...]
The I-94 East-West project in Milwaukee is not only vital to city and area residents, but it’s also crucial for the region and the entire state. In this episode of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
MILWAUKEE – 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 [...]
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - The state could lose federal approval for rebuilding the east-west section of I-94 in Milwaukee if lawmakers don’t invest in the project, a top state senator [...]
A recent release from the Transportation Development Association highlights the safety implications of project delays. When a project like the I-94 East-West corridor is delayed so are the safety improvements. [...]
In the most recent Area Development survey of corporate executives, highway accessibility once again ranks #1 as a site selection factor. This is up from the second spot overall in the [...]
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Seeking to break an impasse on the state budget, Gov. Scott Walker has proposed reducing borrowing for transportation projects while sticking to his pledge not to raise [...]
Milwaukee Business Journal - Another outlet runs a column by J. Michael Mooney, chairman and co-founder of Brookfield-based MLG Capital.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Scott Walker needs to take off his blinders and recognize the severity of the problem. And he needs to sit down and come to terms with [...]
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - I have been deeply involved in economic development in Wisconsin for the past 50 years. My company helps other companies relocate or expand their operations in [...]
Milwaukee Biz Times - It’s the three-word mantra of the real estate industry – “location, location, location.” But in these days of a global economy, “location” has taken on a whole new [...]
WISN - In another segment, the president and CEO of the Waukesha County Business Alliance urged Gov. Scott Walker and lawmakers to reconsider funding for work on the Interstate 94 [...]
Waukesha Freeman - Surrounded by products made by southeastern Wisconsin companies that rely on Interstate 94 to transport their goods, members of a newly formed coalition called on Wisconsin’s administration to prioritize [...]
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - You get what you pay for — a concept Republicans in the state Legislature seem not to understand. Case in point: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) [...]
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Merging into a crowded, multi-lane debate, some of Wisconsin's top businesses Tuesday called for restoring the I-94 east-west project, saying it was critical to the region's [...]
Fox 6 - Milwaukee business leaders on Wednesday, April 5th called on state lawmakers to approve a massive rebuilding of Interstate 94 near Miller Park, but Assembly Speaker Robin Vos [...]
WISN - The governor is pulling millions of dollars to improve the stretch of Interstate 94 between the Marquette and Zoo interchanges from his new budget, but local business leaders [...]
Signers of the coalition’s letter to the JFC include the following, and additional members are expected to join the I-94 East-West Econ Connect coalition in the coming days and weeks: [...]
Greenfield West Allis Now - Business leaders from Milwaukee and Waukesha plan to protest a proposal to stop work on the Interstate 94 east-west corridor across the street from where [...]
Milwaukee Business Journal - Stopping work on the planned I-94 East-West freeway reconstruction project will make it more difficult to attract additional economic development to Milwaukee and Waukesha counties and hurt [...]
WISN - A new battle might be brewing over a road construction project in Milwaukee. Gov. Scott Walker's new budget pulls the funding to rebuild Interstate 94 between the Zoo [...]
Twenty-eight leaders of southeastern Wisconsin cities and villages sent a letter to the Joint Finance Committee urging them to come up with a “systematic and sustainable solution to our transportation [...]
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - The Waukesha County Business Alliance is a private, member-driven organization that has been the voice of business in Waukesha County since its founding in 1918 as [...]