Waukesha County officials told the Muskego Common Council last week that the already delayed Janesville Road reconstruction and widening had to be put on hold, once again.
The two-year project, which extends from Moorland Road to Racine Avenue now will not start until 2012, county officials said.
The director of the county department of administration explained how the recession had punched a $4 million hole in the county’s revenues, thus the county cannot afford the $25 million road project without federal funding.
The county is expected to receive nearly $6 million in federal money; according to the engineering services manager, however that money is contingent upon the completion of the environmental impact statement, which must be approved prior to construction.
That’s not all that’s holding the county back. A county budget freeze will soon keep the county from buying any more of the 19 properties that are need for the road widening.
Six have already been purchased, and offers are out on seven more, according to a county engineer. However, the engineer in charge of property acquisitions says they are working on completing the purchases in a timely manner.
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