Over 42,000 miles of local roads in the state need immediate repair based on data the Wisconsin DOT database. 14% of all local roads in the state are in pitiable condition – classified by the system as “failed, poor, or very poor”. Rural roads were in worse shape than urban roads, with 44% needing immediate repair, compared to 31 % for urban areas.
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A large part of the $850 million state officials want to spend on widening Interstate 94 could instead go to many southeastern Wisconsin roads that are in urgent need of repair, according to a new study. An analysis of Wisconsin Department of Transportation data by a pair of transportation advocacy groups finds that about 2,500 miles of local roads throughout the region are in a “failed, very poor, or poor” condition. The analysis, released Thursday, concludes that one in three southeastern Wisconsin roads are in urgent need of surface repairs.
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1000 Friends of Wisconsin’s new analysis reveals that South Eastern Wisconsin’s local roads are in crisis. Using data from Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s WISLR road condition database, we found that nearly one in three local roads in the counties of Washington, Racine, Ozaukee, Milwaukee, Waukesha and Kenosha needed immediate repair.
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Ahead of Budget Hearing, Coalition Calls for Local Road Fixes, Not Wasteful I-94 Expansion. A new study by 1000 Friends of Wisconsin and released today in Milwaukee by the Coalition for More Responsible Transportation finds local roads in Southeast Wisconsin in dismal shape.
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WisDOT has failed to keep up to its own goals when it fails to seriously consider a transit alternative by saying it is out of its jurisdiction. Their long-range transportation plan states “The department will seek to streamline and consolidate complex and disjointed funding and operating structures. In addition to more efficient operations, improved coordination will support more transit options for the public, improve access to jobs, and expand the area accessible by transit (including areas on the urban fringe)”.
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WisDOT does not take into account the huge maintenance and rehabilitation costs the expanded I-94 highway will require. In addition, there is no clear understanding of the economic benefits the expansion will provide due to a lack of cost-benefit analyses. The total capital cost of expanding this 3.5-mile stretch of highway is greater than the entire annual roadway maintenance and rehabilitation cost for every single highway and road in Wisconsin.
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