Seems Walker can't fund projects for his transportation donors
As you may remember, Walker hated the idea of WI having high-speed rail, he signaled cancellation of the WI high speed rail project even before he was sworn in.
You see, Walker is a highway guy, because he's had some important donors who make money making highways. He is a pretty old school sort of guy that way. And WI, with the elections and recalls behind us, set out to fulfill obligations.
Oops. All that construction requires money. Something that a failing economy and rejection of taxing and borrowing makes scarce. Seems the familiar orange barrels may be left guarding abandoned and snail-paced projects for years.
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(WI) DOT puts brakes on 5 major road projects in budget crunch
Madison — The state Department of Transportation is delaying five major road projects for at least two years because it doesn't have the money for the work under the state budget crafted by Gov. Scott Walker and his fellow Republicans in the Legislature.
The delays — including on some stretches that already have orange barrels on the road — could end up being longer because legislators for years have been unable to come up with ways to find new revenue for highways.
The delays on the five projects will likely have a cascading effect that will push off work on future projects, but the department hasn't said what those could be.
Among the stalled projects are a major interchange in Madison, expansions in the Fox Valley and the widening of Interstate 39/90 from the Illinois state line to Madison.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/dot-puts-breaks-on-5-major-road-project-in-budget-crunch-b99586812z1-329959171.html