Posted on Thursday, 2nd September 2010 by Patrick Dorwin
BadgerBlogger’s Rawson Schaller isn’t able to post this, but he’s passing some very interesting information along to me. The paper is reporting:
I-43 onramp closed; DOT to hold 7 p.m. news conference
The Wisconsin Ave. on-ramp to southbound I-43 in the Marquette Interchange is closed. A state Department of Transportation news conference is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.The DOT is advising motorists to take 11th St. southbound to Tory Hill Road/Michigan Ave., turn left on Tory Hill/Michigan and continue eastbound to Michigan Ave. to N. 2nd St., turn right onto N. 2nd St. to the I-43 SB/I-94 eastbound entrance ramp.
Rawson has passed along this photo showing that the ramp has already been closed, click for full size.
Rawson also passed along some interesting information from an inside source, the ramp has a design flaw and the ramp will be closed for 6 to 16 weeks. The firm being blamed for this mess is HNTB, and they will reportedly be absorbing all costs associated with fixing the flaw. It is also believed that this will call into question the rest of the construction, and the fact that Governor Doyle was pushing for redesign work to reduce costs.
HNTB is also a huge Doyle donor…
More details to follow, Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Frank Busalacchi is holding a press conference as I post this.
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September 2nd, 2010 at 7:41 pm
The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign has some interesting information on HNTB’s campaign contributions to both Doyle & Tom Barrett.
September 2nd, 2010 at 7:55 pm
More on the donation numbers. Pretty clear who they have been backing early.
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:06 pm
WISN TV adds:
September 2nd, 2010 at 9:47 pm
Look for them to make a temporary fix so it doesn’t take as long.
Wasn’t the Barrett Bypass #1 supposed to take 9 weeks and it was done in 2?
September 3rd, 2010 at 11:42 am
I like the way they assure us that the bridge is perfectly safe and not in danger of collapsing… As long as cars don’t drive on it.
September 3rd, 2010 at 11:55 am
Has Lee Holloway or Mark “Algore” Neumann weighed in on this yet?
September 6th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
I’ve been out of town for the past four days, but I must have missed the big media-covered, ginned-up SEIU press event in which non-county union employees descended upon Milwaukee to do fake inspections of the onramps failed footings, followed by handing big, symbolic ‘Report Cards’ to Jim Doyle, Frank Busalacchi and Tom Barrett.
Maybe that’s on tomorrow’s agenda. We’ll keep watching, with an open mind.
Mick Trevey, check your fax machine. I’m sure the press release is on its way.