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Statewide Coalition Urges Decision-Makers to Support Transit and Local Infrastructure, Not Highway Expansion Megaprojects
Yesterday Governor
Tony Evers announced his Executive Budget. In the Governor’s budget address, he emphasized improving infrastructure, addressing climate change and increasing racial justice. Disappointingly, the enumeration of the I-94 E/W expansion project in Milwaukee was included in the Governor’s budget recommendations.
“MICAH’s opposition to rebuilding I-94 between the Marquette and Zoo Interchange lanes is longstanding,” stated Rev. Joseph Jackson, President of MICAH. “We joined other community groups in a federal lawsuit in 2017 to stop expansion. Monies were not included in Governor Walker’s budget and the project was dropped. With the inclusion of the expansion in the Governor’s current budget, we once again raise the issue of racial equity which this proposal fails to address. We call on WisDOT to develop an alternative that rebuild