Press Release: Gov. Evers, WisDOT Announce More Than $170 Million in Quarterly Aid Payments for Local Roads and Communities

State of Wisconsin sent this bulletin at 08/09/2024 01:18 PM CDT
Office of Governor Tony Evers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 9, 2024
Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov 
 
Gov. Evers, WisDOT Announce More Than $170 Million in Quarterly Aid Payments for Local Roads and Communities
 
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), today announced municipalities across the state received more than $170 million in the third quarter of 2024 for General Transportation, Connecting Highway, and Expressway Policing Aids. Gov. Evers has made fixing Wisconsin’s roads a top priority, and the Evers Administration has improved more than 7,400 miles of road and 1,780 bridges since 2019, including over 900 miles of road and over 200 bridges in 2023 alone.

“I am proud that these investments we made in the state budget are reaching our communities where they will make a real difference in people’s lives and livelihoods,” said Gov. Evers. “These funds ensure that our cities, counties, towns, and villages can make needed improvements to local roads to build a reliable and efficient transportation system that meets the needs of a 21st-century workforce and economy.”

“We remain committed to making critical transportation investments in every corner of the state,” said WisDOT Secretary Craig Thompson. “Together with local leaders across Wisconsin, we are working to improve the first and last mile and deliver infrastructure improvements that enhance safety, strengthen our state’s economy, and enrich our quality of life.”

For calendar year 2024, local governments will receive more than $536 million in General Transportation Aids financial assistance to support transportation-related projects, a two percent increase over calendar year 2023 allocations provided by the 2023-25 biennial budget signed by Gov. Evers. The investments in the 2023-25 state budget resulted in the largest amount of funding for the program in the state’s history, and total funding for all local programs makes up almost one-third of the state transportation budget.  

The third quarter payments, made on July 1, totaled $171,100,518.52 and included: 
  • General Transportation Aids – $166,585,719.03 to local units of government; 
  • Connecting Highway Aids – $4,258,824.49 to 116 eligible municipalities; and 
  • Expressway Policing Aids – $255,975.00 to Milwaukee County.

General Transportation Aids help cover the costs of constructing, maintaining, and operating roads and streets under local jurisdiction. Connecting Highway Aids reimburse municipalities for maintenance and traffic control of certain state highways within municipalities. Expressway Policing Aids help the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department with the costs of patrolling expressways within the county.

Quarterly payments for cities, villages, and towns are sent the first Monday in January, April, July, and October. County payments are made in three installments, with 25 percent of the total annual payment on the first Monday in January; 50 percent on the first Monday in July; and 25 percent on the first Monday in October.

A complete list of the third-quarter aid payments is available here. 
 
An online version of this release is available here.
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