With a discrepancy of 11,300 cars in WisDOT’s own data – it is baffling that a decision to expand the highway at up to a cost of $1.2 billion could be made.
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WisDOT has made no mention of how to mitigate proposed greenhouse gas emissions that will increase as a result of the I-94 East-West Corridor expansion project. At a time when climate change threatens Wisconsin’s way of life, this omission is glaring.
Read more about "Disregard for Carbon Emissions and Climate Change Impacts"WisDOT has Failed to Make the Case to Expand I-94
Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) has released a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) that seeks to expand 3.5 miles of Interstate 94, through historic neighborhoods and cemeteries in Downtown Milwaukee
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One of the key elements in the Purpose and Need section of the DEIS is a call to “address the obsolete design of the I-94 East – West corridor to improve safety and decrease crashes”. The DEIS mentions the following breakdown of crash types:
Read more about "WisDOT Alternative Could Lead to More Severe Crashes"We’re spending way too much building roads
Is Wisconsin building roads for traffic that won’t ever be there? We’re driving less. So why does Wisconsin keep spending more and more on roads — and not just to maintain the infrastructure we have but actually to build new, wider highways? This is the question being put to policymakers by Bruce Speight, director of the Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group, and Steve Hiniker, executive director of the environmental advocacy group 1000 Friends of Wisconsin.
Read more about "We’re spending way too much building roads"Bad Traffic Projections at Wisconsin DOT Could Cost Taxpayers Over One Billion Dollars
Study Shows Over-estimating Future Traffic Leads to Unnecessary Projects. Madison – A new analysis by 1000 Friends of Wisconsin finds that Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WISDOT) traffic projections used to justify highway expansions are nowhere near materializing. Simply updating traffic forecasts to re-evaluate projects could save Wisconsin taxpayers over a billion dollars according to the statewide land use organization.
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