The Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced more than $32 million in federal funding for 56 local improvement projects across Wisconsin over the next four years through WisDOT’s Transportation Alternatives Program. There are more than a dozen projects in Northeast Wisconsin included on the list.
The goal is to support initiatives that help create or enhance opportunities for safe, nonmotorized transportation, such as bike and pedestrian trails and facilities, sidewalks, and “Safe Route to School” initiatives.
Information on improvement projects coming to local communities is available here.
The federal TAP funding, administered by WisDOT, is distributed according to four geographic population categories.
As a federally-funded program, selected projects receive a maximum 80% federal cost share and a minimum 20% local sponsor cost share.
TAP projects in the rural and urban categories with populations under 200,000 are evaluated through a competitive process recommended for awards by a TAP Statewide Selection Committee. Eligible projects in large urban areas with populations over 200,000 are selected by TMAs representing those populations. More information about the TAP is available on the WisDOT website.
