Wisconsin gets Federal aid to repair deteriorating roads but still lacks long-term funding solution
An influx of pandemic-related federal aid to state and local governments is helping clear a backlog of needed road improvement projects in Wisconsin. In 2020, the American Society of Civil Engineers Infrastructure Report Card gave Wisconsin roads a letter grade of D+. The state Department of Transportation recently announced a COVID-19 relief plan passed by Congress in late 2020 will allow the state to complete 42 highway projects valued at nearly $150 million in the next two years. “The funding was able to fill in for the lost revenues we had (in 2020) because of gas tax revenues being...
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