Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) announced more than $32 million in federal funding for 56 local improvement projects across Wisconsin over the next four years through WisDOT’s Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP). The goal of the TAP is to support initiatives that help create or enhance opportunities for safe, nonmotorized transportation, such as bike and pedestrian trails and facilities, sidewalks, and “Safe Route to School” initiatives.
Information on improvement projects coming to local communities is available here.
The federal TAP funding, administered by WisDOT, is distributed according to four geographic population categories:
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The TAP Rural projects serve Wisconsin communities with census-designated populations of less than 5,000;
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The first category of TAP Urban projects serves Wisconsin communities with census-designated populations of between 5,000 and 50,000 residents;
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The second category of TAP Urban projects serves Wisconsin communities with census-designated populations of between 50,000 and 200,000 residents; and
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The TAP Transportation Management Areas (TMAs) are Wisconsin communities that contain more than 200,000 people.
As a federally-funded program, selected projects receive a maximum 80% federal cost share and a minimum 20% local sponsor cost share.
TAP projects in the rural and urban categories with populations under 200,000 are evaluated through a competitive process recommended for awards by a TAP Statewide Selection Committee. Eligible projects in large urban areas with populations over 200,000 are selected by TMAs representing those populations. More information about the TAP is available on the WisDOT website.
