Wisconsin Department of Transportation - Wed October 28, 2020
Passenger Rail Project Receives $31.8M Federal Grant
The joint Wisconsin-Minnesota Twin Cities-Milwaukee-Chicago (TCMC) Passenger Rail Project has been selected to receive a $31.8 million federal rail grant. The TCMC project will add an additional daily round-trip between the Twin Cities, La Crosse, Milwaukee and Chicago and points in-between, along the existing long-distance Amtrak Empire Builder route....
Office of Gov. Tony Evers - Wed July 22, 2020
Wisconsin Budgets Upwards of $160M in Transportation Aid
Gov. Tony Evers and Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Secretary-designee Craig Thompson on July 7 announced more than $160 million in transportation aid for local governments as part of the governor's 2019-21 biennial budget....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue June 23, 2020
Wisconsin's $1.2B I-39/90 Entering Home Stretch
A $1.2 billion Wisconsin interstate project under construction since 2015 is now two-thirds completed. The WisDOT Interstate 39/90 project stretches 45 mi. from the Illinois border to the U.S. 12/18 interchange in Madison....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed April 15, 2020
Relyco Grades for New Lanes on WIS 23
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation's (WisDOT) WIS 23 Expansion, a considerable investment that covers the highway from Plymouth to Fond du Lac, is divided into three sections — two rural and one urban — and last May, Relyco Inc....
Wisconsin Department of Transportation - Tue April 14, 2020
Wisconsin Pays $99M for Transportation Aid
Local governments will receive quarterly payments totaling $99,147,647 for General Transportation Aids (GTA), Connecting Highway Aids and Expressway Policing Aids from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT)....
Richard Rohland – CEG Correspondent - Wed July 10, 2019
Work Resumes on Red Wing, Minn., Bridge Project
Finally, after a two month lay-off caused by high river levels, iron workers recently returned to work raising a new bridge crossing the Mississippi River between the city of Red Wing, Minn., and the western shoreline of Wisconsin....
CEG - Wed May 15, 2019
Wisconsin Highway Expansion Finally Begins After 20 Years of Planning
Officials broke ground May 8 on a long-awaited project to reconstruct 19.1 mi. of Wisconsin State Highway 23 from Fond du Lac to Plymouth. WFRV-TV, Green Bay, reported that work was scheduled to begin May 13....
AEM - Mon October 22, 2018
Mike Lietke, Sara Feuling Join AEM
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) announced two new staff: Mike Lietke is senior director, statistics and Sara Feuling is director, construction. Lietke comes to AEM from Briggs & Stratton in dealer development and field training and 12 years with Harley Davidson, serving in dealer district management and market and financial analyst positions....
Wisconsin Department of Transportation - Wed October 03, 2018
Walker Approves WIS 55 Upgrades in Calumet County
As part of his efforts to create jobs and make sure Wisconsin is open for business, Gov. Scott Walker recently approved $3.2 million to improve 11.6 mi. of WIS 55 in Calumet County from U.S. 151 in the town of Brothertown, to WIS 114 in the town of Sherwood....
Wisconsin Department of Transportation - Wed September 19, 2018
Gov. Walker Announces Almost $16M in Awards for TAP
Governor Scott Walker announced that 29 agencies across the state will receive $15.7 million in funding for Transportation Alternative Program (TAP) projects. TAP projects are federally-funded, smaller scale transportation projects have a utilitarian purpose which expand travel choice, strengthen the local economy, improve the quality of life and protect the environment....
