Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), announced in a press release today that municipalities across the state received more than $106 million in the second quarterly payments for 2024 for general transportation, connecting highway, and expressway policing aids. The Evers administration has improved 7,424 miles of road and 1,780 bridges since 2019, including over 900 miles of road and over 200 bridges last year alone.
For calendar year 2024, local governments will receive more than $536 million in general transportation aids financial assistance to support transportation-related projects, a 2% increase over calendar year 2023 allocations.
The second quarter payments, made on April 1, totaled $106,258,969.19 and included:
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General transportation aids — $101,744,169.70 to local units of government;
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Connecting highway aids — $4,258,824.49 to 116 eligible municipalities; and
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Expressway policing aids — $255,975.00 to Milwaukee County.
Quarterly payments for cities, villages, and towns are sent on the first Monday in January, April, July, and October. County payments are made in three installments, with 25% of the total annual payment on the first Monday in January; 50% on the first Monday in July; and 25% on the first Monday in October.
A complete list of the first quarter aid payments is available here.
