Tom Petri: Loves The Pork
6th District US Rep. Tom Petri was among three congressional Republicans offering Scott Walker cover the other day with a proposed bill to allow Walker to return rejected federal high-speed rail money for deficit reduction.
The implication: Petri is one of those deficit-and-spending-hawks.
But log on to Petri's home page and you find that he just loved the current federal transportation bill because:
- SAFETEA-LU -- Wisconsin's formula highway funds will increase over 30% over TEA 21 levels. Wisconsin will receive an average of $711.9 million per year in formula highway funding. Average rate of return is 1.06
- TEA 21 (1998-2003) -- Wisconsin received average of $546 million per year in formula highway funding. Average rate of return was 1.02
- $28 million - Construct Lake Butte des Morts Bridge, U.S. Highway 41, Winnebago County, WI
- $24 million - Expand STH 23, County Highway OJ to U.S. Highway 41, WI
- $10 million - Replace Wisconsin Street Bridge (STH 44), Oshkosh, WI
- $13 million - Reconstruct U.S. Highway 41 North of Lake Butte des Morts Bridge, WI
- $ 5 million - Pioneer Road Rail Grade Separation, Fond du Lac, WI (note: Senator Kohl added $1 million - total of $6 million)
- $ 6 million - Replace 17th Street Lift Bridge, Two Rivers, WI (note: Senator Kohl added $2 million - total of $8 million)
- $ 4 million - Recondition STH 16 from Columbus to STH 26, Dodge County, WI
- $ 4 million - Expand USH 45 between CTH G and Winchester, Winnebago County, WI
- $ 3 million - Construct U.S. Highway 151 between CTH D and STH 175, Fond du Lac County, WI
- $ 1 million - Improve Superior Avenue: Interstate 43 to State Highway 32, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
- $ 1 million - Reconstruct US Highway 41 - STH 67 interchange (Dodge County, WI)
- $ 350,000 - Construct North Shore Extension of Friendship State Trail, Calumet and Winnebago Counties, Wisconsin
- Designates as future Interstate (to be called I-41) U.S. 41 between Milwaukee (near I-94 via I-894 and Hwy. 45) and Green Bay (near I-43). This means the route will be designated as an Interstate if brought up to standards within 25 years.
- Includes additional $30 million in funding from the National Corridor Infrastructure Improvement Program for improvements to U.S. Highway 41 Corridor between Milwaukee and Green Bay."
1 comment:
Interesting that Rep. Petri is suddenly now on your radar screen James.
Petri has been pretty much been a tree stump for many years now.
Although he does seem to have been woken up and is speaking out on some issues now.
Guess someone is extremely worried about a Tea Party challenger in 2012.
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