MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers are proposing a way to pay for rebuilding Interstate 94 around Milwaukee after Gov. Scott Walker and the Legislature scrapped the project.
Three lawmakers on Thursday unveiled a bill that would put $25 million toward reviving the I-94 project between the Marquette and Zoo interchanges just to the west of Milwaukee.
Walker abandoned the project expected to cost about $1 billion after the Legislature didn’t put any funding toward it.
Walker said Thursday he had not seen the bill and that drivers in the Milwaukee area needed a break from road construction on the highly traveled interstate.
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Walker’s administration asked the Federal Highway Administration to pull approval for the project after it was not funded in the state budget.