Wisconsin Department of Transportation

Office of Gov. Scott Walker - Wed September 05, 2018

Gov. Announces Completion of $300M Zoo Interchange

Gov. Scott Walker announced Aug. 27 the Zoo Interchange Core is completed on time and on budget. The Core project is designed to last for 75 years and represents a more than $300 million investment to complete the reconstruction of the Zoo Interchange between 70th Street and 124th Street on I-94; along with the work on I-41 between Lincoln Avenue and Watertown Plank Road....

Associated Press - Wed July 25, 2018

WisDOT Promises Speedy Repairs After Explosion

SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is promising a speedy reconstruction of the downtown Sun Prairie streets that were damaged in the deadly explosion on July 10. Dozens of business owners and citizens attended a meeting at City Hall on July 19, where DOT officials discussed the preliminary plans in place to reconstruct the damaged streets....

Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed July 11, 2018

WisDOT I-39/90 Project Runs Ahead of Schedule

The $1.2 billion reconstruction and expansion of Interstate 39/90 in south-central Wisconsin, a Wisconsin Department of Transportation's (WisDOT) project, will be completed in 2021 — one year earlier than previously scheduled — due to an additional $32.7 million that the state is investing in the project that started in 2015....

Mon December 18, 2017

SC&RA Lauds Wisconsin Bill Projected to Save Millions for the Specialized Transportation Industry

The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association applauds the Wisconsin Senate for passing Senate Bill 186 Milwaukee County High-Wide Route into law, Nov. 30, which is a first-of-its-kind win for the specialized transportation sector....

Irwin Rapoport - Mon May 08, 2017

WisDOT Invests $1.2B to Reconstruct, Expand I-39/90

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation's (WisDOT's) $1.2 billion reconstruction and expansion of Interstate 39/90 in south-central Wisconsin is well under way. Initial construction began in 2013 with the replacement of the I-39/90 and WIS 11 (Racine Street) interchange in Janesville....

Tue January 17, 2017

DOT Proposes to Close Shortfall in Road Funding

Gov. Scott Walker's administration plans to close a shortfall in road funding by making cuts, delaying a number of major projects and borrowing $500 million. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that the state Department of Transportation has developed a budget proposal that would cut $447.4 million from state highway programs but provide nearly $70 million more for maintenance and $65 million more for local governments....

Scott Bauer - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon January 09, 2017

Wisconsin Roads Budget Faces Bipartisan Opposition

MADISON, Wis. (AP) The Wisconsin Department of Transportation's budget request, which heavily relies on borrowing money and delaying major highway projects, amounts to a disinvestment in the state's roads, both Republican and Democratic lawmakers said in a rare show of bipartisanship Dec....