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Wisconsin counties, municipalities get $141M for road construction, repair, improvement

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Gov. Tony Evers and 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.

The first quarter payments, made on Jan. 6, totaled $141,362,893 and included:  

  • General transportation aids — $136,848,144 to local units of government;

  • Connecting highway aids — $4,258,774 to 116 eligible municipalities; and 

  • Expressway policing aids — $255,975 to Milwaukee County.

Quarterly payments for cities, villages, and towns are made in installments 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. 

More information on the GTA program and quarterly aid payments can be found here.

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