| Funding will support construction, maintenance, and operation of local roads across state |
| MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), today announced that counties and municipalities across the state received over $141 million in the first quarterly payments for 2025 for General Transportation, Connecting Highway, and Expressway Policing Aids. The funding goes to local governments to construct, repair, and improve local streets and roads, ensuring Wisconsinites have the safe, reliable, and strong local infrastructure in communities across our state.
“We’re working to fix the darn roads, and I’m proud we’ve improved more than 8,600 miles of roads and more than 2,000 bridges across the state since I took office,” said Gov. Evers. “Thanks to the historic efforts I’ve signed into law as governor to restore and bolster our statewide infrastructure, we’re helping ensure our local communities have the support to keep our roads in good repair to keep folks safe, support our local economies, and ensure Wisconsin has the 21st-century infrastructure folks expect and deserve.” For calendar year 2025, local governments will receive more than $540 million in General Transportation Aids for financial assistance to support transportation-related projects. The 2023-25 budget signed by Gov. Evers provided a two percent increase for general transportation aids for municipalities and counties in both calendar years 2024 and 2025. 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. “Our local roads are the first and last mile of nearly every trip Wisconsin’s residents, businesses, and visitors make,” said WisDOT Secretary Kristina Boardman. “Whether you’re commuting home from work, delivering a product to a doorstep, or visiting one of our many tourism destinations, a safe and efficient network of local roads is critical to our quality of life and strength of our economy.” The first quarter payments, made on January 6, totaled $141,362,893 and included:
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 made in four installments on 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. More information on the GTA program and quarterly aid payments can be found here. |
| An online version of this release is available here. |
Gov. Evers, WisDOT Announce More Than $141 Million in Quarterly Aid Payments for Local Roads and Communities
Jan 20, 2025 | 7:26 AM
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