Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), announced in a recent press release that Wisconsin municipalities received more than $134 million in fourth-quarter payments for 2023 for general transportation, connecting highway, and expressway policing aids.
For calendar year 2023, local governments will receive more than $526 million in general transportation aids financial assistance to support transportation-related projects, a 2% increase over the calendar year 2022 allocations. Total funding for all local programs makes up almost one-third of the state transportation budget.
The fourth-quarter payments, made on Oct. 2, totaled $134,806,117.93 and included:
- $131,534,266.98 to local units of government in general transportation aids;
- $3,015,875.95 to 116 eligible municipalities in connecting highway aids; and
- $255,975.00 to Milwaukee County in expressway policing aids.
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.
A full list of payments by municipality can be found here.
