The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) will deliver $369.1 million to support 195 local, rural and urban road and bridge improvement projects across the state.
The awards derive from federal funding sourced through the Surface Transportation Program (STP) and the Local Bridge Improvement Assistance Program. Projects receiving awards will direct them toward improving more than state roadways and local bridges. Since 2019, WisDOT has improved more than 9,600 miles of roads and 2,400 bridges across the state.
WisDOT’s STP enables the agency to use federal funds for various rural and urban improvement projects. The Local Bridge Improvement Assistance Program allocates federal and state funds to rehabilitate and replace critically deficient and defunct bridges along local highway systems.
The total $369.1 million investment will support transportation infrastructure programs for the next five years, spanning 2027 to 2031. Awards will be split among seven categories:
- STP-Urban for populations of 200,000 or more – $118.9 million for 28 projects.
- Local Bridge – $106.1 million for 107 projects.
- STP-Rural – $57.7 million for 20 projects.
- STP-Urban for populations between 50,000 and 200,000 – $40 million for 15 projects.
- STP-Urban for populations between 5,000 and 20,000 – $19.2 million for 13 projects.
- STP-Local – $16.1 million for eight projects.
- STP-Urban for populations between 20,000 and 50,000 – $11 million for four projects.
“From our biggest cities to our rural towns, ensuring folks, families and communities across our state have safe roads to get to school, work, and wherever they need to go safely and reliably has been a top priority for me and my administration since Day One,” Gov. Tony Evers said in a news release for the nearly $370 million investment.
The delivery of STP and Local Bridge funding comes as the Biden-era Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) comes to an end later this year. With no current replacement program in place, states will have to find new funding avenues in place to supplement critical capital transportation projects for the foreseeable future.
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