Gov. Evers’ proposed state budget has allocated $116.6 million of the state’s inadequate transportation budget to expanding a two-lane section of Highway 23
Read more about "The Ongoing Case of Highway 23"Highway Audit Confirms Wasteful Spending
In May 2015, 1000 Friends of Wisconsin called for an audit of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation after our lawsuit against the widening of Highway 23 revealed systematic deficiencies in the planning of major projects. We continued to raise awareness over the next few months and legislators heard our call. In December 2015, the non-partisan Legislative Audit Bureau (LAB) was tasked by the legislature to carry out an audit of WisDOT’s highway program. 1000 Friends worked closely with the state auditors throughout this process.
Read more about "Highway Audit Confirms Wasteful Spending"Legal challenge spotlights shaky traffic forecasting key to highway projects
By Rob Schultz – Wisconsin State Journal. As legislators debate how to trim the massive transportation portion of the next state budget, a federal judge has delayed a $166 million highway expansion project in eastern Wisconsin amid questions about the traffic forecasting methods that helped justify it.
Read more about "Legal challenge spotlights shaky traffic forecasting key to highway projects"A Closer Look – Highway 23
Steve Hiniker was a guest on A Closer Look on WHBL in Sheboygan. Hiniker and Dane Checolinski of the Sheboygan County Economic Development Corporation talk about the Highway 23 expansion project.
Read more about "A Closer Look – Highway 23"Rebalance Transportation Spending to Match Needs
A new, alternative Transportation Budget for the state of Wisconsin calls for reduced spending on highway expansion for projects that have not been experiencing increases in traffic would help fund local transportation needs.
Read more about "Rebalance Transportation Spending to Match Needs"Roadbuilders take on 1000 Friends of Wisconsin – and they get totally tripped up in the facts
Roadbuilder lobbyist Craig Thompson took on an opinion piece that we wrote for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, calling for less spending on highway expansion. Not surprisingly Mr. Thompson presented factually inaccurate and misleading arguments in his critique of our work.
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