# Gov. Walker Announces Almost $16M in Awards for TAP

- **Published:** 2018-09-19
- **Edition:** Midwest
- **Source:** Construction Equipment Guide
- **Authors:** Wisconsin Department of Transportation
- **URL:** https://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/gov-walker-announces-almost-16m-in-awards-for-tap/41966
- **Tags:** Infrastructure, transportation, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Department of Transportation

## Summary


## Article

Governor Scott Walker announced that 29 agencies across the state will receive $15.7 million in funding for **Transportation Alternative Program (TAP)** projects. TAP projects are federally-funded, smaller scale transportation projects have a utilitarian purpose which expand travel choice, strengthen the local economy, improve the quality of life and protect the environment.

“It's important that both urban and rural residents have safe options to get to school and work,” said Walker. “This program enhances public mobility, economic development and the overall quality of life for our citizens.”

Examples of eligible TAP infrastructure projects include sidewalks, pedestrian amenities and wayfinding, bike lanes, bike parking and bike share systems (capital costs, not operating costs), all meant to improve safety for pedestrians and bicyclists. Examples of TAP non-infrastructure projects include Safe Routes to School programs and city-wide, district-wide or school specific bike/pedestrian plans.

TAP projects are generally funded 80 percent federally, with a 20 percent local match. Individual awards can be seen at the Wisconsin Department of Transportation website. Federal funds are capped at the award amount listed.

## Projects

**Beloit School District:** $478,362 — Inman Parkway Sidewalk

**City of Ashland:** $720,000 — Ashland Pedestrian and Bike Improvements

**City of Kaukauna:** $75,440 — STH 96/Green Bay Road Bicycle Lane Extension

**City of Madison:** $847,155 — Garver Path

**City of Milwaukee:** $638,400 — East and West Washington Street/West Scott Street Bicycle Boulevard

**City of Milwaukee:** $256,000 — Milwaukee Complete Streets Handbook

**City of Milwaukee:** $573,300 — Pedestrian and Transit Intersection Improvements

**City of Milwaukee:** $595,846 — Safe Routes to School Plan Implementation Phase 1

**City of New Richmond:** $777,529 — County Road A Off‐Road Trail

**City of Oshkosh:** $255,277 — Tribal Heritage Crossing Connection

**City of River Falls:** $48,000 — River Falls Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan

**City of Wausau:** $640,497 — Business Campus Bicycle and Pedestrian Trail — 72nd Ave.

**City of Wausau:** $70,400 — Wausau Safe Routes to School Plan

**City of Wauwatosa:** $448,143 — Wauwatosa BikeShare III

**East Central WI Regional Planning Commission:** $572,240 —East Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission Safe Routes to School Plan

**Forest County Potawatomi Community:** $60,000 — USH 8 Pathway to Wellness Project — Feasibility Study

**Jefferson County Parks:** $1,102,840 — Interurban Transportation Trail — Watertown to Oconomowoc

**Kenosha County:** $386,096 — County C Shared‐Use Path — 114th Avenue to 100 ft. East of Des Plaines River

**Milwaukee County Parks Department:** $2,000,000 — Historic Lake Park Ravine Bridge Replacement

**Milwaukee County Parks Department:** $96,160 — Greenfield Park Oak Leaf Trail Reconstruction

**Milwaukee County Parks Department:** $120,000 — Little Menomonee River Parkway Oak Leaf Trail Relocation

**Milwaukee Public Schools:** $328,800 — Milwaukee Public Schools Safe Routes to School Program

**Sparta Area School District:** $7,778 — Blinking Crosswalk Signs for a Safer Route to School

**Town of Iron River:** $663,974 — Iron River Community Sidewalk Project

**Village of Allouez:** $468,424 — Doty School Safe Routes to School Project

**Village of Cottage Grove:** $554,800 — Glacial Drumlin Path

**Village of Howard:** $528,192 — Velp Avenue Trail — Phase 1

**Village of Rothschild:** $710,052 — Rothschild‐Schofield Business 51 Bypass Trail

**Waukesha County:** $1,696,000 — Pewaukee to Brookfield Bicycle Pedestrian Trail

For more information, visit wisconsindot.gov/Pages/doing-bus/local-gov/astnce-pgms/aid/tap.aspx.

## Photos

![Examples of eligible TAP infrastructure projects include sidewalks, pedestrian amenities and wayfinding, bike lanes, bike parking and bike share systems, all meant to improve safety for pedestrians and bicyclists.](https://dmt55mxnkgbz2.cloudfront.net/1205x0_s3-41966-shutterstock_1152317276.jpg)