How Wisconsin DOT Distorts the Numbers to Sell Highway Projects

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By Angie SchmittMar 24, 2015, 11:21 am46 pts
Driving has been declining in Wisconsin but the state is still adding highway lanes at a furious, go-for-broke pace. Image: Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group The Interstate 94 expansion in Wisconsin is a textbook example of how state DOTs manufacture the case for billion-dollar highway projects. Instead…

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