Wisconsin Department of Transportation

Wisconsin Department of Transportation - Tue May 10, 2022

Wisconsin Finance Committee OKs $282.9M for Transportation

On April 27, Gov. Tony Evers' plan to invest $282.9 million in Wisconsin's infrastructure won overwhelming bipartisan approval from the Legislature's Joint Committee on Finance. Approval from this committee is the last step needed for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) to deploy Wisconsin's allocation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) for infrastructure improvements throughout the state....

Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed August 18, 2021

Wisconsin Addresses Congestion With Priority Beltline Project

In an effort to improve the existing system while evaluating comprehensive, long-term beltline plans, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is overseeing a $45 million project that began in 2018 with planning and design work....

AASHTO Journal - Tue April 27, 2021

Wisconsin DOT Issues $99M to State Municipalities for Transportation Aid

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation recently issued more than $99 million to municipalities across the state to support a variety of local transportation projects — money that comprises second quarter General Transportation, Connecting Highway and Expressway Policing Aids payments for 2021....

AASHTO - Tue March 16, 2021

Wisconsin DOT Grants Support $300M Komatsu Campus

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is providing two Transportation Economic Assistance or TEA grants worth a combined $1.7 million for road and railroad projects supporting a $300 million manufacturing and headquarters facility Komatsu Mining Corp....

Wisconsin Department of Transportation - Wed February 17, 2021

WisDOT Names Top Six 2020 Projects During Conference

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) announced six Excellence in Construction Awards for 2020 during the annual Contractor-Engineer Conference. Top winners include an asphalt paving project in Lincoln County; a concrete paving project in Outagamie County; a grading project in Kenosha County; a small bridge project in Jackson County; a large bridge project in Adams and Juneau counties; and a large contract project in Dane County....

Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed October 28, 2020

WisDOT Oversees U.S. 12 Project in St. Croix County

Construction for 2020 is nearing completion on a two-year improvement project on U.S. 12 between U.S. 63 and WIS 128 in St. Croix County, Wis. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is overseeing the work, which began in April, and called for resurfacing U.S....

Wisconsin Department of Transportation - Wed October 28, 2020

Passenger Rail Project Receives $31.8M Federal Grant

The joint Wisconsin-Minnesota Twin Cities-Milwaukee-Chicago (TCMC) Passenger Rail Project has been selected to receive a $31.8 million federal rail grant. The TCMC project will add an additional daily round-trip between the Twin Cities, La Crosse, Milwaukee and Chicago and points in-between, along the existing long-distance Amtrak Empire Builder route....

Office of Gov. Tony Evers - Wed July 22, 2020

Wisconsin Budgets Upwards of $160M in Transportation Aid

Gov. Tony Evers and Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Secretary-designee Craig Thompson on July 7 announced more than $160 million in transportation aid for local governments as part of the governor's 2019-21 biennial budget....

Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue June 23, 2020

Wisconsin's $1.2B I-39/90 Entering Home Stretch

A $1.2 billion Wisconsin interstate project under construction since 2015 is now two-thirds completed. The WisDOT Interstate 39/90 project stretches 45 mi. from the Illinois border to the U.S. 12/18 interchange in Madison....

Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed April 15, 2020

Relyco Grades for New Lanes on WIS 23

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation's (WisDOT) WIS 23 Expansion, a considerable investment that covers the highway from Plymouth to Fond du Lac, is divided into three sections — two rural and one urban — and last May, Relyco Inc....