Federal investments to support local road and bridge improvement projects statewide

FALL CREEK — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), on Aug 6th, announced the next cycle of funding from the Biden-Harris Administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) will provide more than $200 million for more than 150 local road and bridge improvement projects in counties across Wisconsin. WisDOT will administer the funding to local communities through the Surface Transportation Program (STP).

“I ran for governor promising to fix the darn roads. After improving more than 7,400 miles of roads these past five years, today I’m excited we’re going to be able to continue building upon this important work with the help of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law,” said Gov. Evers. “These critical investments, which will support more than 150 projects to improve local roads and bridges, will make a huge difference for communities across our state and go a long way in our efforts to build the 21st-century infrastructure Wisconsinites need and deserve. This is great news for Wisconsin.”

“When we invest in our infrastructure, we’re investing in our Made in Wisconsin economy—from the families who need safe roads and bridges to get to work and school every day to our businesses who rely on our infrastructure to get their products to market,” said U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin). “I was proud to vote for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to make long overdue investments in the infrastructure families rely on, creating good-paying jobs all over our state as we get to work fixing our roads and bridges for the next generation.”

Gov. Evers has made fixing Wisconsin’s roads a top priority, and the Evers Administration has improved more than 7,400 miles of roads, including more than 3,700 miles of locally owned roads and 1,780 bridges since 2019. This includes over 900 miles of road and over 200 bridges in 2023 alone.

“Through our efforts to keep our local government partners informed about program opportunities and prepare them to meet their application deadlines, we are able to support local projects in nearly every county in Wisconsin through the Surface Transportation Program,” said WisDOT Secretary Craig Thompson.

WisDOT’s STP allocates federal funds to complete a variety of improvements to federal-aid-eligible roadways in rural or urban areas. The Local Bridge Improvement Assistance Program distributes federal and state funds to help local governments rehabilitate and replace the most seriously deficient existing federal-aid-eligible local structures on Wisconsin’s local highway systems.

Click Here to view the funding allocation by program for federal fiscal years 2025-2029.

Learn more about the STP and Local Bridge programs and the communities impacted:

• STP-Urban: Wisconsin Department of Transportation Surface Transportation Program - Urban (wisconsindot.gov) 
• STP-Rural: Wisconsin Department of Transportation Surface Transportation Program - Rural (wisconsindot.gov) 
• STP-Local: Wisconsin Department of Transportation Surface Transportation Program - Local (wisconsindot.gov) 
• Local Bridge: Wisconsin Department of Transportation Local Bridge Improvement Assistance (wisconsindot.gov)