Here’s an idea. How about we SCALE BACK the road construction so we don’t have to come up with additional means to PAY FOR IT?
The Zoo Interchange did not need to be leveled and completely redesigned. Quite frankly, I don’t see how the MASSIVE rework is going to help ease any congestion or make things safer one whit. The same can be said for the Marquette Interchange. A ton of effort and taxpayer dollars poured into a complete rework that did nothing to improve safety and decrease congestion. The same can be said about the disaster that is I894 near 27th street. Just who the fu_k thought any of these were a good idea?
Why are we replacing every 4-way intersection in rural Wisconsin with Roundabouts? The one on Hwy 20 outside of Union Grove is littered with crosses, flowers and makeshift memorials. The danger has gone UP at that intersection!
NO TOLLS!!! GO LIVE IN ILLINOIS IF YOU LOVE THE NOTION OF TOLLS EVERYWHERE!
Yeah. Right. See how long that reduction lasts.
How stupid do politicians think voters are?
Oh. Wait.
Sorry, Wisconsin. Yer screwed.
NO.
> Walker has proposed to fund all four ongoing major highway projects in his budget proposal, keeping their construction on track for the next two years. It would come at the expense of large freeway projects in southeast Wisconsin, which would see a 70 percent funding reduction under the governor’s plan.
In other words, these ongoing projects have 1) exceeded costs or 2) were begun without funding being established, funding being left to annual budgets.
Now additional taxes are required. Not only no, HELL NO.
Why not just cut back to one outbound lane going into Illinois and use all of the remaining lanes for inbound traffic? Illinois is going bankrupt. No need to travel there any more. They can't pay for Wisconsin goods and products.
Pure B/S. This is the same old Kabuki Treatre of lowering a tax (temporarily) as a sop to instituting an additional one.
It occurs to me that herein lies the answer we have been looking for. Choke the life out of these Rat enclaves by turning all the circumferentials around these havens of insanity into toll roads with STEEP tolls. Like $100 over axle per trip. Put an end to commuters going in or coming out. $100 tax per trip on commuter train. These Rats love taxing the “rich” they will take the bait, hook, line, and sinker.
This didn’t mention how much the tolls would be, or which interstates would become tolls. When people are only making $9 or $10 an hour, tolls are a big deal getting to work. State workers in Madison can afford it I guess.