Groups including the Sierra Club say the expansion of I-94 would negatively impact communities of color and increase flood risks.
A group of environmental organizations is suing the U.S. Department of Transportation at the Wisconsin Department of Transportation in an attempt to stop the expansion of Interstate 94, reports Christina Van Zelst for Fox 6 Milwaukee.
According to Van Zelst, “The $1.7 billion project plans to expand I-94 from six to eight lanes between 16th and 70th streets in Milwaukee. The project recommendation includes modifications to the Stadium Interchange, such as eliminating left-hand exit and entrance ramps, ‘right-sizing’ the interchange to a diverging diamond and reconstructing the full corridor to a full four lanes in each direction.”
The group says the project, which is already federally approved, “will perpetuate the negative impacts of highway expansion on communities of color, increase climate emissions, exacerbate water pollution and flooding, and compound decades of disinvestment in public transportation in Milwaukee.”
The plaintiffs point out that the project does not include any considerations for public transit, which many local residents rely on.
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