Press Release: 1000 Friends Calls For Road Audit and Moratorium

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Seeks Halt of All Highway Expansions Until Audit on Traffic Projections is Complete. 1000 Friends of Wisconsin today called for an immediate halt to all new highway widening projects until the state conducts an audit of the traffic projections used to justify those projects. The moratorium and audit request comes on the heels of a federal court decision last week that halted the widening of Highway 23 near Fond du Lac because of unjustified and likely erroneous traffic counts predicted for the highway.

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MAJOR LAWSUIT VICTORY FOR 1000 FRIENDS

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Federal Court Derails Highway 23 Project. Flawed Traffic Forecasts Ends Federal Funding in Huge Victory for Taxpayers. On Friday, the U.S. Eastern District Court upheld claims in a lawsuit filed by 1000 Friends of Wisconsin and cut off federal funding for the beleaguered Highway 23 road expansion project between Fond du Lac and Plymouth. The Court agreed with the land use organization that the Wisconsin Department of Transportation used unsupported, inflated traffic forecasts to justify the project.

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Wisconsin lawmakers discuss delaying Hwy. 23 expansion

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Originally posted at fdlreporter.com – Fond du Lac. By Justin Kabbes. State lawmakers could kick the can down the road again for the Highway 23 project. That is if the state reduces the amount of money Gov. Scott Walker is requesting to borrow for the transportation budget.

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Hwy 23 Corridor Expansion – a Project with Significant Environmental Impacts

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WisDOT wants to expand Wisconsin State Highway 23 from an existing two-lane roadway to four travel lanes separated by a median on an approximately 19-mile segment between US 151 in Fond du Lac County and County P in Sheboygan County.

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1000 Friends Comments on the Draft Environmental Statement for the Highway 23 project

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Our filing cites clear and overwhelming evidence that a fundamental shift in driving habits is underway and the WisDOT chooses to ignore this reality. We also take issue with WisDOT’s notification of the “public information meeting” on the Highway 23 expansion project. WisDOT claimed in their public notice that the construction phase of Highway 23 […]

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The Expansion of State Highway 23 – It Still Does Not Make Sense!

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WI-DOT Hearing – WI 23 Expansion Project Wednesday, August 28th – 6pm to 8pm The Prairie Theatre – UW-Fond du Lac, 400 University Dr., Fond du Lac, WI COST – The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) has presented a preferred alternative for a major expansion of State Highway 23. The selected alternative is projected to […]

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