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"The legislature's budget-writing committee has approved a motion that could potentially derail Milwaukee's planned streetcar project.The motion from Rep. Dale Kooyenga, R-Brookfield, would put the cost of moving utility lines for the streetcar directly on the city of Milwaukee, and not the utility company.The cost of moving utility lines has been estimated to be as high as $70 million.Kooyenga said utility customers in other cities should not have to pay for costs that Milwaukee should cover.The Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee voted along party lines to pass the motion 12-4.Kooyenga and four other Republican lawmakers issued a statement after the vote that said as the budget moves along, \"the end of the streetcar plan will be close at hand.\"\"The ratepayers and downtown Milwaukee businesses affected by Mayor (Tom) Barrett's desire for a streetcar can now begin to breathe easier,\" Kooyenga said in a joint statement with Sens. Leah Vukmir of Brookfield, Mary Lazich of New Berlin, Alberta Darling of River Hills, and Rep. Mark Honadel of South Milwaukee.Milwaukee's Common Council approved the use of $64 million in federal money to build the streetcar line, which would start at the Amtrak station and travel through downtown to the city's east side.Construction on the streetcar line had been set to begin next year."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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