06.20.2025
Deja vu for the paving crews: Return of I-894 blitz helps WTBA members put finishing touches on major project
GREENFIELD, Wis. -- Interstate 894 in Milwaukee County transformed almost overnight this past weekend. What had been a stretch of cracked and pothole-filled roadway is now nearly four miles of fresh, incredibly smooth pavement. Magic? …
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05.02.2025
WTBA members shine in face-to-face Capitol visits, bringing transportation funding focus front and center for lawmakers
MADISON, Wis. -- You don’t simply walk into the state Capitol to talk with lawmakers without some planning and preparation. Thankfully, Zach Dittberner had plenty of both as he rode an elevator to the third…
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04.25.2025
‘We lost a teammate, a husband, a son, a brother’: Work Zone Awareness Week begins with powerful story from WTBA member
It wasn’t the whipping wind gusts or windchill in the 30s that made Jason Voelker wish he were someplace else Monday morning. No, it was the two yellow safety vests draped over orange construction cones…
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04.10.2025
‘Feels like Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood’: State Senator’s interest piqued on immersive Wingra Stone tour
FITCHBURG, Wis. -- There was no red trolly, no one wearing a zippered knit sweater with sneakers, and no puppeteers. And yet Wednesday, State Sen. Dianne Hesselbein felt a bit like Mr. Rogers. “I just…
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