County stands behind Couture project as financing issues continue
Milwaukee County is run by a bunch of clowns. But for once, I agree with Bauman...
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Alderman Robert Bauman, who represents the downtown area and heads the Public Works Committee, expressed frustration by what he sees as a lack of preparation from the department on an alternative route.
“It is totally incompetent to have not worked on a Plan B starting nine months ago when there were clearly challenges with the financing packages (for The Couture),” he said on Tuesday following a Common Council meeting. “Now we’re up against a deadline, aside from the ridiculous appearance of two stub tracks sitting in the middle of the street, unused. Big money has been spent to build those two lines on Clybourn and Michigan. Probably $10 million has already been spent, and it’s going nowhere. It’s unused. I’m just flabbergasted by it all.”
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And Donovan is 100% right...
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At least one other city official, Alderman Bob Donovan, has outright called for The Couture project to be abandoned.
“The site should be evaluated, properly packaged, and put out as a request for proposals,” he said. “With all the development going on downtown, surely someone can do better than the nothing we’ve seen for the past seven years.”
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Yet Milwaukee County again fails across the board and continues to show its incompetence.