Highlighting how transportation keeps Wisconsin moving

New Appleton transit center to improve safety and accessability, create jobs

New Appleton transit center to improve safety and accessability, create jobs

June 27, 2024
With a $25 million federal grant, the City of Appleton will replace its 35-year-old downtown transit center and provide an avenue for more affordable housing in the future ...
$2.4M rail funding for Wrightstown improves transportation efficiency, reduces heavy truck traffic

$2.4M rail funding for Wrightstown improves transportation efficiency, reduces heavy truck traffic

July 3, 2024
Drexel Building Supply, a building materials manufacturer and supplier with a manufacturing facility in Wrightstown, relies on the transportation network to move materials and products to locations across the state and beyond. Increased transportation efficiency keeps the cost of its goods competitive ...
$1.5M for eastern Wisconsin mill will improve freight facility and spur the local economy

$1.5M for eastern Wisconsin mill will improve freight facility and spur the local economy

July 1, 2024
Rio Creek Feed Mill, served by the Fox Valley & Lake Superior Rail System, seeks to improve rail car loading and unloading efficiency at its Luxemburg facility in Kewaunee County ...
Waukesha receives $1.1M federal RAISE grant for bike and pedestrian trails

Waukesha receives $1.1M federal RAISE grant for bike and pedestrian trails

June 26, 2024
The City of Waukesha will use a federal planning grant to take the first step in addressing two known gaps in the bicycle and pedestrian trail network ...
State grant for rail supports new $140 million manufacturing facility in Southeast Wisconsin

State grant for rail supports new $140 million manufacturing facility in Southeast Wisconsin

June 14, 2024
The WisDOT awarded the Village of Pleasant Prairie a $885,000 Transportation Economic Assistance (TEA) grant to fund a rail spur project ...
Businesses step forward to support I-39/90/94 Corridor

Businesses step forward to support I-39/90/94 Corridor

June 6, 2024
More than 30 businesses, local governments, and other organizations have formed the Central Wisconsin Interstate Alliance to support the modernization of the interstates between Madison and Wisconsin Dells ...
Marathon County upgrades safety-challenged intersection with LRIP-S grant

Marathon County upgrades safety-challenged intersection with LRIP-S grant

May 30, 2024
Without LRIP-S funding, the county may have ended up with a pavement replacement project, which would not have addressed the intersection's safety issues ...
Wisconsin announces first round of EV charging grants

Wisconsin announces first round of EV charging grants

May 24, 2024
WisDOT awarded $23.3 million in federal funds for 53 EV charging site locations across the state, with 13 private entities to install, own, operate, and maintain these DC fast charging stations ...
Port of Green hoping to leverage federal, state, and local funding

Port of Green hoping to leverage federal, state, and local funding

May 22, 2024
The Port of Green Bay seeks additional federal funding to redevelop a decommissioned power plant site into a state-of-the-art port facility, estimated to generate $87 million in the first five years ...