Thursday, March 19, 2009

Upscale River Hills Gets Only Milwaukee County 1st Round Stimulus Transportation Grant

Forget those potholes in the City of Milwaukee, or the Milwaukee County crumbling pavement (we're looking at you, Scott Walker):

The only community in the County to get a transportation grant of stimulus funds from the state: River Hills, one of the wealthiest communities in the state.
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 19, 2009 at 7:27 PM

    as of the last census:

    Median household income for River Hills: $161,292

    Median household income for Milwaukee County: $38,100

    y'know, the law says that stimulus highway infrastructure money was supposed to be prioritized to help economically distressed communities. exactly how does River Hills qualify?

    (PS, Germantown & Menomonee Falls, which also have significantly higher average incomes, are getting the money too. meanwhile, the city of Milwaukee is left behind. again.)

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  2. Jason SchroederMarch 20, 2009 at 9:28 AM

    I couldn't agree more!

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  3. James RowenMarch 22, 2009 at 10:33 PM

    Too much of the stimulus decision-making is coordinated in Madison, far from Milwaukee.

    We'll see more of the same when SEWRPC spreads millions across a seven-county region, and makes Milwaukee compete against upscale communities in Waukesha, Oaaukee and Washington County, for example.

    This is an old pattern.

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