Talgo Execs, Milwaukee, Racine Officials Blast Walker Administration on Transit and Jobs
Turning down $810 million for high-speed rail and not honoring the state's contract with Talgo is killing job creation in the Milwaukee-Chicago corridor. Focusing so heavily on roadways is a "path to nowhere," Racine Mayor John Dickert said.
According to Talgo executives, Racine Mayor John Dickert and Milwaukee Common Council President Willie Hines, the short-sightedness of the Gov. Walker and the Republican-led legislature is killing job creation in the Milwaukee-Chicago corridor. More, the lack of cost-effective and efficient mass and commuter transit is leaving Wisconsin and the country behind the rest of the developed world. The group met today on the tracks of what used to be the Northwestern Rail line in Racine to talk about how important trains are to the present and future of the region. While the tracks aren't used for passenger trains any longer, freight trains regularly use the line now owned by Union Pacific. Dickert specifically pointed out how Walker's continued …
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6:33 pm on Saturday, September 8, 2012
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