City of Wauwatosa Gets $435K in Transportation Payments From State

The City of Wauwatosa is receiving $435,405 in transportation aid payments from the state, according to a news release from the Wisconsin Department of Public Transportation.

Governor Scott Walker Tuesday announced that payments totaling $104,151,847 for General Transportation Aids, Connecting Highway Aids and Expressway Policing Aids have been delivered to Wisconsin local governments.

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Payments to the state’s 1,923 local units of government from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) include: $100,879,996 in General Transportation Aids; $3,015,876 to municipalities entitled to receive Connecting Highway Aids; and $255,975 to Milwaukee County for Expressway Policing Aids.

For calendar year 2013, local governments share an estimated $416.6 million in reimbursements from the state transportation fund. These reimbursements help defray the costs of constructing, maintaining, and operating local roads, streets and bridges. The payments include Connecting Highway Aids to 120 recipient municipalities for maintenance and traffic control of certain state highways within their municipal boundaries, and Expressway Policing Aids to the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department for patrol of Milwaukee expressways.

Payments for towns, cities and villages are sent the first Monday in January, April, July and October. Payments for counties are made in three installments, with 25 percent of the total annual payment on the firstMonday in January; 50 percent on the first Monday in July; and 25 percent on the first Monday in October. 

Local governments are eligible to receive state transportation fund revenues for public transit, elderly and disabled transportation, and airport and harbor development from WisDOT. State and federal funds are also allocated for specific highway and bridge construction projects on a continuing basis.