Chapter Trans 206

Chapter Trans 206

LOCAL ROADS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

Trans 206.01   Purpose and scope.

Trans 206.02   Definitions.

Trans 206.03   Uniform provisions.

Trans 206.035   Town road improvement discretionary provisions.

Trans 206.04   Municipal street improvement.

Trans 206.05   County highway improvement.

Trans 206.06   Town road improvement.

Trans 206.07   County highway improvement program districts and committees.

Trans 206.08   Statewide town road improvement discretionary committee.

Trans 206.01 Trans 206.01 Purpose and scope. The purpose of this chapter is to interpret and administer procedures for assisting in the improvement of deteriorating local highways, streets and roads under s. 86.31 (6), Stats.

Trans 206.01 History History: Cr. Register, June, 1992, No. 438, eff. 7-1-92.

Trans 206.02 Trans 206.02 Definitions. The words and phrases defined in s. 86.31 (1), Stats., have the same meaning in this chapter unless a different definition is specifically provided. In this chapter:

Trans 206.02(1) (1) “Administrative cost” means the county highway commissioner’s staff and material costs to perform the county highway commissioner’s duties to the county MSI program for cities and villages with a population of 20,000 or less, and the county TRI program, including the cost of conducting bid lettings for MSI projects in cities and villages with a population of 20,000 or less and for TRI projects.

Trans 206.02(1m) (1m) “Annual allocation” means the annual amount of state funds available under the TRID component of the local roads improvement program to a town to make improvements with total project costs of $100,000 or more to local town roads.

Trans 206.02(2) (2) “Annual entitlement” means the annual amount of state funds available under the local roads improvement program to a county, county town road improvement committee, county municipal street improvement committee, or city or village with a population of 20,000 or more to make improvements to the local roads.

Trans 206.02(2m) (2m) “Biennial allocation” means the sum of the 2 annual allocations in a state biennium.

Trans 206.02(3) (3) “Biennial entitlement” means the sum of the 2 annual entitlements in a state biennium.

Trans 206.02(4) (4) “Chief executive” means the town board chairperson, village president, elected mayor or city manager.

Trans 206.02(5) (5) “Contract administration” means the preparing of or having plans prepared for the project, acquiring right of way, letting of bids and construction supervision of a local roads improvement program project.

Trans 206.02(6) (6) “Cost ceiling” means the maximum amount the state of Wisconsin will pay as its share of the local road improvement project under this chapter.

Trans 206.02(7) (7) “County board chairperson” has the meaning specified in s. 59.12, Stats.

Trans 206.02(8) (8) “County executive” has the meaning specified in s. 59.17, Stats.

Trans 206.02(9) (9) “County highway commissioner” has the meaning specified in s. 83.01, Stats.

Trans 206.02(10) (10) “County highway improvement” or “CHI” means the improvement projects on the county trunk system funded by the county highway improvement entitlement component of the local roads improvement program as authorized under s. 86.31 (3), Stats.

Trans 206.02(11) (11) “County highway improvement plan” means a county’s 5-year plan of improvements to the county trunk system which is eligible to be funded from the county highway improvement component of the local roads improvement program.

Trans 206.02(12) (12) “County highway improvement program district” means a group of counties designated by the secretary of transportation under s. 86.31, Stats., to be a county highway improvement program district.

Trans 206.02(13) (13) “County highway improvement program district committee” means a committee consisting of not more than 5 county executives or designees or when there is no office of county executive, county board chairpersons or the chairperson’s designee from counties within a county highway improvement district.

Trans 206.02(14) (14) “County municipal street improvement committee” or “CMSIC”means a committee of not more than 5 chief executives or designees of cities and villages with a population of less than 20,000 within the county responsible to select MSI projects within the county.

Trans 206.02(15) (15) “County town road improvement committee” or “CTRIC” means a committee of not more than 5 town chairpersons or designees from within the county responsible to select TRI projects within the county.

Trans 206.02(16) (16) “Department” means the department of transportation.

Trans 206.02(17) (17) “Eligible project” means one or more logical phases of a specific improvement including, but not limited to, a feasibility study, design engineering, grading, base, paving, and road finish materials such as hot mix asphalt.

Trans 206.02(18) (18) “Feasibility study” means the engineering and environmental studies for a specific section of a local road that will lead to a LRIP improvement project.

Trans 206.02(19) (19) “Local roads improvement program” or “LRIP” means the state entitlement program with county trunk highway, town road and municipal street entitlement components as established in s. 86.31, Stats., or the state allocation component separate from the entitlement program as established in s. 86.31 (3m), Stats.

Trans 206.02(20) (20) “LRIP project application” means a department of transportation form which describes the projects that may be funded with LRIP entitlements, or LRIP allocations under TRID, in the current state biennium.

Trans 206.02(21) (21) “Miles” means the number of miles of roads and streets as determined by the department of transportation under s. 86.302, Stats.

Trans 206.02(22) (22) “Municipal street improvement” or “MSI” means the improvement projects on the city and village street system funded by the municipal street improvement entitlement component of the local roads improvement program as authorized under s. 86.31 (3), Stats.

Trans 206.02(23) (23) “Municipal street improvement plan” means a city or village’s 5-year plan of improvements to the municipal street system eligible to be funded from the municipal street improvement component of the local roads improvement program.

Trans 206.02(24) (24) “PASER” means the pavement surface evaluation and rating process developed and taught by the transportation information center at the university of Wisconsin extension, Madison, WI 53706.

Trans 206.02(25) (25) “Population” means the population of a political subdivision as determined in s. 86.33, Stats.

Trans 206.02(26) (26) “Project agreement” means a formal agreement between the state and a political subdivision which states the responsibilities of each of the parties to the agreement.

Trans 206.02(27) (27) “Recipient” means a county, county town road improvement committee, county municipal street improvement committee, or a city or village with a population of 20,000 or more, or a town under the TRID.

Trans 206.02(28) (28) “Secretary” means the secretary of the department of transportation.

Trans 206.02(29) (29) “State biennium” means a period from July 1 of every odd-numbered year through June 30 of the next odd-numbered year.

Trans 206.02(30) (30) “State fiscal year” means a period from July 1 through June 30.

Trans 206.02(31) (31) “Statewide town road improvement discretionary committee” or “STRIDC” means the committee appointed by the secretary responsible to recommend TRID projects for approval by the secretary.

Trans 206.02(32) (32) “Town road improvement” or “TRI” means the improvement projects on the town road system funded by the town road improvement entitlement component of the local roads improvement program as authorized under s. 86.31 (3), Stats.

Trans 206.02(33) (33) “Town road improvement discretionary” or “TRID” means the improvement projects on the statewide town road system funded by the town road improvement discretionary allocation component of the local roads improvement program as authorized under s. 86.31 (3m), Stats.

Trans 206.02(34) (34) “Town road improvement plan” means a town board’s 2 or more year plan for improvements to the town road system eligible to be funded from the town road improvement component of the local roads improvement program.

Trans 206.02 History History: Cr. Register, June, 1992, No. 438, eff. 7-1-92; am. (1), (19), (20) and (27), renum. (31) and (32) to be (32) and (34), cr. (1m), (2m), (31) and (33), Register, December, 1994, No. 468, eff. 1-1-95; am. (1), Register, October, 1997, No. 502, eff. 11-1-97; corrections in (7), (8) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register March 2012 No. 675.

Trans 206.03 Trans 206.03 Uniform provisions.

Trans 206.03(1) (1) Entitlement. The local roads improvement program is an annual entitlement program for improvements to local roads. Biennially, an entitlement shall be made to each county, each CMSIC and CTRIC and to each city or village whose population is 20,000 or more. Entitlements to the recipient shall be determined as follows:

Trans 206.03(1)(a) (a) Municipal street improvement for each CMSIC and for each city or village with a population of 20,000 or more: 50% of each county’s, city’s or village’s, with a population of 20,000 or more, proportionate share of total miles of all city or village streets in the state and 50% of each county’s, city’s or village’s, with a population of 20,000 or more, proportionate share of the total population of all cities and villages in the state.

Trans 206.03(1)(b) (b) County highway improvement shall be 60% of each county’s proportionate share of the state population and 40% of each county’s proportionate share of total county trunk miles of all county trunk miles in the state; except no county’s entitlement shall be less than one half of one percent (0.5%) of the total funds allocated to the counties under this chapter.

Trans 206.03(1)(c) (c) Town road improvement shall be on each county’s proportionate share of town road miles to all town road miles in the state.

Trans 206.03(2) (2) Option to accumulate entitlement until the second year of the biennium. To permit maximum flexibility in the use of entitlements and use all entitlements in the biennium appropriated, a recipient may: