Wisconsin Department of Transportation - Wed August 30, 2023
WisDOT Project Wins AASHTO Regional Award for Excellence
The Flex Lane received a regional America's Transportation Award for operations excellence from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). Since opening in July 2022, Wisconsin's first Flex Lane is often recognized by local, state and now national organizations as an innovative approach to keep traffic flowing on one of the state's critical urban highways....
AASHTO - Wed August 16, 2023
Wisconsin DOT Wraps Up Work on Highway 50 Project
Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation recently hosted a ceremony with local community to celebrate the completion of improvements to Wisconsin Highway 50 in Kenosha County. Work began in early 2021 to reconstruct 4 mi....
Wisconsin Department of Transportation - Wed February 15, 2023
WisDOT Announces 2022 Excellence in Construction Awards
Six Wisconsin construction companies received Excellence in Construction Awards at the Wisconsin Department of Transportation's annual Contractor-Engineer Conference held in Wisconsin Dells. Top winners include an asphalt paving project in Lincoln County; a concrete paving project in Washburn County; a grading project in Brown County; a small bridge project in Eau Claire County; a large bridge project in Racine County; and a large contract project in Dane County....
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....
