DOA:......Aslesen, BB0563 - Bridge and culvert grants
For 2025-2027 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
TRANSPORTATION
Highways and local assistance
Local bridge and culvert improvements set-aside
This bill requires DOT to designate 10 percent of the moneys appropriated for the local roads improvement discretionary supplemental grants and agricultural roads improvement programs in the 2025-27 fiscal biennium for grants for improvements to certain local bridges or culverts identified as being in poor or worse condition.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 9144. Nonstatutory provisions; Transportation.
(1) Prioritization of local bridge and culvert assessment in certain grants. During the 2025-27 fiscal biennium, the department of transportation shall designate 10 percent of moneys appropriated under s. 20.395 (2) (fd) and 10 percent of the moneys appropriated under s. 20.395 (2) (fc) and (fu) for grants for improvements to bridges or culverts identified as being in poor or worse condition in local bridge and culvert assessments performed under s. 85.64. The department of transportation shall establish criteria for evaluating the suitability of projects for which applications are made under s. 86.31 (3o) and (3s) for the moneys designated under this subsection. If the department does not receive sufficient complete grant applications meeting the criteria under this subsection in the 2025‑27 fiscal biennium, the moneys designated under this subsection shall be available for any other purpose for which the moneys were appropriated.
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