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Groups interested in economic development and community revitalization along the Interstate 39/90 corridor between Beloit and Madison have formed a coalition to promote the enumeration of the project in state law.  WisDOT reports that a study of adding a third lane in each direction and modernizing freeway interchanges is 99% complete.  Despite the job-creation benefits, Wisconsin has not enumerated a single Major Project in the past eight years.

The I-39/90 Coalition is urging the Legislature to take advantage of available funds in the Major Highway Program to begin work on this corridor so that the Wisconsin communities that have been hit the hardest by the recession have the infrastructure tools they need to create jobs and rebuild their economies.  They say this project should be front and center if "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs" is going to be the top priority of the Legislature.

The effort is headed by Forward Janesville and is seeking support from all interests along the corridor.

Click here to view the I-39/90 Coalition website.