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Wisconsin Counties Receive Transportation Aids

Wednesday, July 16th, 2025 -- 10:01 AM

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Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), announced counties and municipalities across the state received more than $174 million for General Transportation, Connecting Highway, and Expressway Policing Aids to help repair, maintain, and improve local roads and highways in every corner of Wisconsin.

This announcement comes as earlier this month, Gov. Evers signed the 2025-27 Biennial Budget, which continues to invest in the state’s transportation infrastructure with $1.1 billion in new funding for key transportation investments, including increasing the state’s General Transportation Aids by three percent in each year of the biennium.

For calendar year 2025, local governments will receive more than $540 million in General Transportation Aids financial assistance to support transportation-related projects.

The 2023-25 budget signed by Gov. Evers provided a two percent increase for general transportation aids for municipalities and counties in both calendar years 2024 and 2025.

The investments in the 2023-25 state budget resulted in the largest amount of funding for the program in the state’s history, and total funding for all local programs makes up almost one-third of the state transportation budget.

The 2025-27 Biennial Budget signed by Gov. Evers continues this precedent with a three percent increase in the General Transportation Aids program in calendar years 2026 and 2027, which will provide municipalities with $33.2 million more over the biennium and counties with nearly $10 million over the biennium.  

The third quarter payments, made on July 7, 2025, totaled $174,432,218.18 and included:  

  • General Transportation Aids (GTA): $169,917,469.10 to local units of government;
  • Connecting Highway Aids (CHA): $4,258,774.08 to eligible municipalities; and
  • Expressway Policing Aids (EPA): $255,975.00 to Milwaukee County.  

General Transportation Aids help cover the costs of constructing, maintaining, and operating roads and streets under local jurisdiction. Connecting Highway Aids reimburse municipalities for maintenance and traffic control of certain state highways within municipalities.

Expressway Policing Aids help the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department with the costs of patrolling expressways within the county. Quarterly payments for cities, villages, and towns are made in four installments on the first Monday in January, April, July, and October.

County payments are made in three installments, with 25 percent of the total annual payment on the first Monday in January; 50 percent on the first Monday in July; and 25 percent on the first Monday in October.

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