Transit options for Foxconn plant on agenda for Public Transportation Review Board
The Board will review rail and bus opportunities.
On Wednesday (March 28) the Public Transportation Review Board will discuss the possible expansion of transit connecting Milwaukee workers to the upcoming Foxconn facility in Racine County. The Board will review rail and bus opportunities including the proposed expanded Amtrak service line and the proposed expanded Milwaukee County bus line.
Representatives from Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission will join the board as it considers the costs, travel times and frequency of services to-and-from Foxconn, according to Board Chair Alderman Robert J. Bauman.
The Public Transportation Review Board’s meeting tomorrow (Wednesday, March 28 at 10 a.m. in room 301-B at City Hall, 200 E. Wells St.) The meeting will be carried live on the City Channel at www.milwaukee.gov/channel25.
NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. It has not been verified for its accuracy or completeness.
More about the Foxconn Facility
- Foxconn Will Get State Subsidy For 2022 - Joe Schulz - Dec 11th, 2023
- Mount Pleasant Approves Microsoft Deal on Foxconn Land - Evan Casey - Nov 28th, 2023
- Mount Pleasant Deal With Microsoft Has No Public Subsidies - Evan Casey - Nov 14th, 2023
- Microsoft, State Announce Massive Data Center Expansion, Land Purchase - Joe Schulz - Nov 11th, 2023
- Gov. Evers Announces Microsoft Makes Major Investment in Wisconsin - Gov. Tony Evers - Nov 10th, 2023
- State Can’t Regulate We Energies $100 Million Project for Microsoft - Joe Schulz - Sep 20th, 2023
- Foxconn Selling Green Bay, Eau Claire ‘Centers’ - Joe Schulz - Aug 16th, 2023
- Murphy’s Law: Foxconn Deal Is Still Costing Taxpayers - Bruce Murphy - Jul 6th, 2023
- Microsoft Will Pay $50 Million For Mount Pleasant Data Center Site - Evan Casey - Apr 20th, 2023
- Microsoft Data Center Proposed for Foxconn Land - Evan Casey - Mar 29th, 2023
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Good Lord I couldn’t imagine anything worse than riding a bus to a low pay, no benefits slave wage job at FoxCON. Welcome to the Third World Wisconsin! Ain’t Walker’s Wississippi grand! All aboard the Shame Train! Chooo chooo! Next stop, poverty and hopelessness!
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…”projected to have an average annual salary of $53,875 plus benefits.”
-Source: Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, July 26, 2017.
The tax credits kick in for jobs at $30,000
…like I said, low pay, no benefits, slave wage Government subsidized crap jobs. But hey, at least each “job” is only going to cost Wisconsin taxpayers $230,000.00 each! What a great deal for taxpayers! And we’ll only be on the hook until the the mid 2040’s! “Fiscal conservatism” and “small limited government” at its very best. Thanks Walker! Thanks republicans!
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