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The Marquette Interchange project is expected to be complete by August. |
| By Bobby Tanzilo Managing Editor E-mail author | Author bio More articles by Bobby Tanzilo |
| Published July 1, 2008 at 3:32 p.m. |
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The Marquette Interchange project will be completed early and under budget, said Gov. Jim Doyle in a statement released today.
This is great news for the 300,000 or vehicles that use the interchange every day.
"The Marquette Interchange project is the largest transportation construction project in state history and we are getting it done early and under budget," Governor Doyle said in the statement. "The city of Milwaukee is the center for culture and commerce in Wisconsin, and this key piece of infrastructure is an important addition to a thriving downtown."
The project was slated for completion toward the end of 2008 at a cost of $810 million. But now an August completion date is expected. No final project cost was included in the statement.
"It will be some time until they have a figure for how much under it will be," said Lee Sensenbrenner, a spokesman for the governor.
The statement boasts that the state Department of Transportation, "has achieved or exceeded numerous project goals, including:
According to Sensenbrenner, the project was originally expected to be finished in December, but that date was moved up to November around the time work on the project had begun.
"The DOT is to be congratulated on the quality and timely completion of the project," said David Fantle,
vice president, public relations for VISIT Milwaukee.
"Downtown never closed for business and the aggressive collaborative communications efforts undertaken to get that message across for the most part worked. The easier in and out access to Downtown that will be afforded drivers with the completed project should make downtown an even more desirable destination to work, live and play."
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Posted by AnotherSunnyDay on July 2, 2008 at 3:56 p.m. (report)
Maybe if we actually had a viable light rail system there wouldn't be as much of a need for highways in the first place.
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Posted by deex on July 2, 2008 at 12:33 p.m. (report)
I would wait until its open before patting everyone on the back.
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Posted by ChateauDweller on July 2, 2008 at 11:29 a.m. (report)
You're right Downtowner, nobody uses the interstate system---it didn't need rehauling at all. Everybody knows that a train is much more important.
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Posted by mkelover on July 1, 2008 at 11:21 p.m. (report)
Just raise the taxes on the rich, they don't need all that money anyway. That should raise enough to build it and run it.
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Posted by Downtowner on July 1, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. (report)
Now do something that actually helps transportation in the region: build rail now! If we can find $800 million for this ....
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