Clark County Awarded State Funds for County Forest Roads
Thursday, March 12th, 2015 -- 10:29 AM
-Governor Scott Walker announced that $284,700 in state funds will help 24 Wisconsin counties maintain and improve public roads in county forests.The Wisconsin Department of Transportation administers the state's County Forest Road Aids Program. The 2015 fiscal year funding will help improve more than 900 miles of public roads within county forests.
To qualify for the state funding, roads must meet minimum design standards of a 16 foot surface width and a 20 foot roadway width; be located within county forests; be open and used for travel; and cannot be town roads, county or state highways.
County Forest Road Aids are separate from the larger General Transportation Aids Program. Clark County has 45.98 eligible miles of county forest roads and will be receiving $14,431.96.
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