First a flashback to June 28, 2005. Mayor Tom Barrett wrote legislative leaders:
Dear Senators Schultz and Robson:
I'm writing in opposition to funding preliminary engineering of the Zoo Interchange.
Despite its name, there is nothing preliminary about "preliminary engineering" when the cost is #38 million. It may not include final construction and shop drawings, but it is, in every sense of the word, engineering....
Spending taxpayers' money on this project before we have a consensus on where we're headed with the freeway system is foolish. ...The result is a climate in which any freeway project in Milwaukee County will be unnecessarily contentious, resulting in wasted dollars and delays.
Let's get agreement on our transpiration priorities, before throwing #38 million at the highway engineers without a plan for what a successful interchange and freeway system would look like. Unlike the Marquette Interchange, the Zoo Interchange will stand long enough for us to resolve the issues.
Sincerely,
Tom Barrett, Mayor
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That didn't take long. The Walker campaign is up a new "Barrett Bypass" billboard and website.
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