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Board rejects courthouse-funding swap to save MCTS Route 28, leans on $4.7M omnibus transit allocation
Summary
The Milwaukee County Board on Nov. 6 rejected a proposal to restore MCTS Route 28 by diverting money from a courthouse project and instead relied on a separate $4.7 million transit allocation that will let MCTS prioritize route restorations.
The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors debated a proposal to restore Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) Route 28 by removing money from the planned IJCC (courthouse) project and rejected it on Tuesday, after extended floor debate about trade-offs and risk to state funding. A motion to substitute amendment 22 for amendment 8 failed on a roll call, 2 ayes to 16 noes; a subsequent vote on amendment 8 also failed, 6 ayes to 12 noes. The board instead relied on a separate omnibus transit allocation (amendment 19) that provides $4.7 million to MCTS and was adopted earlier in the budget process.
Why it matters: Supervisors framed the choice as a trade-off between short-term restoration of a single route and longer-term fiscal risk tied to a multi-year state funding arrangement. Supporters of the courthouse-funding swap said restoring Route 28 would preserve service used by…
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