Just this week, the Joint Finance Committee (JFC) moved forward on a budget item that would approve funding for I-94’s expansion in Milwaukee. This is an unfortunate decision that would lead to a 3.5 mile, $1.1B expansion of the highway that is a fiscal, social, and environmental mistake. It is the continuation of a decades […]
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Transportation advocates call for more action before the budget heads to Gov. Evers’ desk The Joint Finance Committee voted Tuesday night to move forward on transportation components of Wisconsin’s 2021-23 biennial budget. These elements include investments in Wisconsin’s local road and bridge repair, but the committee rejected Gov. Tony Evers’ proposals to increase public transit funding and […]
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On April 15th, WisDOT decided to delay the I-94 project by a year to do additional outreach and update their traffic projections to incorporate post-pandemic transportation changes. This is a win for 1000 Friends and our coalition partners at CMRT who have been calling for a new environmental impact statement. Our efforts have included op-eds, local grassroots efforts, and meetings with federal officials. This […]
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On March 16th, 1000 Friends and our coalition partners submitted a letter to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg calling for a new Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the I-94 East-West expansion. Our efforts have started to gain national attention as the Biden Administration has shown a shifting attitude on highway expansion. Last week, we […]
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1000 Friends of Wisconsin was mentioned in Next City’s weekly roundup of newsworthy transportation developments: -see the full article Has the “freeway revolt” made a comeback? It appears the answer is yes, though the battleground has shifted. Now, it’s freeway widening that has drawn opposition from urban advocacy groups, many of whom argue, as a […]
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WisDOT CLAIM vs. FACT – WisDOT CANNOT USE THESE FUNDS TO FIX LOCAL ROADS; WisDOT DOES NOT CONTROL TRANSIT FUNDING; THIS STRETCH OF HIGHWAY IS
USED BY COMMUTERS ACROSS THE MILWAUKEE REGION; A PROPER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (EIS) HAS BEEN COMPLETED; POST-PANDEMIC TRAFFIC HAS
REBOUNDED SO THIS EXPANSION IS NECESSARY; THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.
