Wisconsin policymakers are deciding how to fund the state’s transportation system as transportation revenues lag, project costs sharply increase, and a growing reliance on the state’s general fund may prove unsustainable, a new Wisconsin Policy Forum report finds.
According to the report, the state has funded a series of massive highway and bridge projects over the past two decades, improving conditions on its busiest highways, but the quality of local roads and reach of transit services has declined, and a still-considerable list of future megaprojects looms.
Mounting transportation budget constraints are linked to slow growth in revenue, aging infrastructure, inflation, and other factors. Click here to read the full report.
