WisDOT’s estimates for the billion-dollar highway reconstruction proposal in Milwaukee are on the rise, with costs for a six-lane option now being considered growing more than $250 million.
Since they have not proven 8 lanes are necessary and that by the principle of induced traffic, 8 lanes would not solve the problem they have, and given that 6 lanes would not save money, I think the solution would be to go to 4 lanes, to save taxpayer money and reduce the size of an unnecessarily wide highway. Further, if changed to a toll road, the demand would decrease so that 4 lanes would suffice, and the revenue from the tolls would support transit. Problem solved! #FixAtFour
Since they have not proven 8 lanes are necessary and that by the principle of induced traffic, 8 lanes would not solve the problem they have, and given that 6 lanes would not save money, I think the solution would be to go to 4 lanes, to save taxpayer money and reduce the size of an unnecessarily wide highway. Further, if changed to a toll road, the demand would decrease so that 4 lanes would suffice, and the revenue from the tolls would support transit. Problem solved! #FixAtFour