We must jealously defend our projects and protect them. To that end, legislators along Highway 10 between Osseo and Waupaca are joining efforts to make sure their highway gets improved. Highway 10 is scheduled to get four lanes between Marshfield and Appleton by 2015 as part of the state's long-range highway program. State Rep. MaryAnn Lippert, R-Pittsville, said she suggested such a lobbying coalition last fall, when she ran for her Assembly seat. A group of community leaders was formed last year to encourage state officials to maintain the project's schedule and perhaps move it earlier.
Funding is a problem.
I'm not sure what the solution is. And if Suder had his way, the road would cost even more. He said Highway 10 also should be improved between Marshfield and Osseo. A DOT study of possible safety improvements, such as extra turn lanes and passing lanes, will be finished this summer, Suder said. Highway 10 doesn't stop at Marshfield.