A Northwoods Republican has found support for an effort to make sure cuts in the state transportation budget aren't made on the backs of rural Wisconsin residents.
Mary Czaja of Irma wrote Governor Walker saying a plan to keep projects in southeastern Wisconsin from budget cuts won't fly in the Assembly.
The administration wants to protect the Zoo Interchange project in Milwaukee while cutting elsewhere. The state is proposing to borrow $1.3 billion for transportation over the next two years. To pay for it, cuts are proposed. She says simply cutting elsewhere to pay for the Zoo Interchange isn't fair...
"....but as those cuts are made they have to be proportionately cut across the state and not hold southeastern Wisconsin harmless and then have the rest of the state take the hits on their roads and infrastructure...."
33 lawmakers signed onto a letter drafted by Czaja, who is a member of the budget-writing Joint Committee on Finance.
She says tough negotiations are going on concerning transportation, prevailing wage and the Milwaukee Bucks arena.
