Resource Details
Transportation
General Transportation Aids
The GTA program is one of the largest state-funded programs in WisDOT's budget. Under this program, 1,923 local governments (counties, cities, villages, and towns) receive quarterly payments based on certified road mileage and eligible local expenditures. Eligible expenditures generally include the local share of all road and street construction and maintenance costs within roadway rights of way. Expenditures on county forest roads are aided under another, separate program.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants include all Wisconsin counties, cities, villages, and towns.
Eligible projects include highway-related expenditures such as road construction, road maintenance, snow plowing, shoulder grading, pavement marking, and curb and gutter repairs.
Top Benefits
- Local governments can receive increases from their previous year's payments up to 15%
- Municipalities can receive up to 85% of their three-year costs average
- Towns in the bottom quartile of equalized value of towns can receive up to 98% of their three-year costs average
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
WisDOT supports all forms of transportation.
Contact
(608) 266-0436
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Wisconsin Cooperative Development Grant
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) is offering grants to support the development of new and existing cooperatives in Wisconsin, with a goal of fostering the success of current and future cooperatives by supporting planning and exploratory research in advance of making a large investment.
Transportation
The Local Road Improvement Program (LRIP)
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Established in 1991, the Local Roads Improvement Program (LRIP) assists local governments in improving seriously deteriorating county highways, town roads, and city and village streets. LRIP is a reimbursement program which pays up to 50% of total eligible costs, with local governments providing the balance.
