Posted on 02/06/2021 3:54:36 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
WisDOT has wrapped up its long-awaited reconstruction of Interstate 94 between Milwaukee and the Illinois state line on schedule and on budget.
Michael Pyritz, regional communications manager for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s southeast region, said work on the final 18.5-mile stretch of the reconstruction project was deemed “substantially complete” earlier this week. He said WisDOT’s goal all along was to have that section finished by the start of summer.
He also said the project, which was overseen by Michels Corp., appears to have remained within the department’s $410 million project or even come in below it, although some work such as landscaping and installing sound walls remains to be done. The 18.5-mile stretch deemed substantially complete this week runs from College Avenue in Milwaukee County to State Highway 142.
It’s part of a larger, 35-mile section of the highway the state has been rebuilding and adding lanes to – bringing the total to four in each direction – since 2009. One of the first jobs undertaken as part of it was the $270 million reconstruction of the Mitchell Interchange near General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee. In the ensuing years, work proceeded slowly on various aspects of the $1.9 billion project, mainly the reconstruction of frontage roads and other interchanges.
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Interstate 94 megaproject 'substantially complete' (7/12/20)
ICYMI.
On time?
On budget?
In a DemocRAT run state?
My Obamahole.
The durned thing was supposed to go something like a decade longer, but when Foxconn announced it would move in, they said, “Oh, sheeeeeeeee, we better get to hoppin’.” And they did.
I have to admit it is a nice drive from the IL border to Milwaukee. Smooth and fast, not that I would drive over the limit, for heavens sake.
On time and on budget with a Democrat administration in power. This doesn’t pass the smell test.
Wisc DOT and contractors did a pretty good job of keeping the traffic flowing through the I-94 construction zones [70 mph or better was possible].
Also accommodating the two Amazon fulfillment centers in Kenosha and Oak Creek
Who are the Contractors? They are the ones responsible for the early completion, not the political bozos taking bows at the ribbon cuttings.
Cops in both states look for other states residents that are speeding to issue tickets.
What is the limit on that stretch. Is it 70, like with some other roads in WI?
Welcome to “Democrats love them some corporations, just like the GOPee.”
Even leftists find them useful until it’s time for them to be abolished. Then you have State Store No. 67 with only three potatoes in the bin.
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