Local governments receive share of fuel tax, registration fees

January 6, 2009

Governor Jim Doyle has announced that checks totaling $106.5 million for General Transportation Aids, Connecting Highway Aids, and Expressway Policing Aids have been conveyed to Wisconsin units of local government.

The January payments from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) include $103,018,300 in General Transportation Aids to 1,922 units of government; $3.2 million to 122 municipalities for Connecting Highway Aids; and $272,700 to Milwaukee County for Expressway Policing Aids.

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This year, local governments will share an estimated $414 million from the state transportation fund to build and maintain local roads and bridges, and in Expressway Policing Aids that support the Milwaukee County Sheriff Department's patrol of Milwaukee expressways. Starting in 2009, county payments will be made in three installments, with 25% of the total annual payment on the first Monday in January, 50% on the first Monday in July, and 25% on the first Monday in October.

General Transportation Aids help defray 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.

Communities also receive state transportation fund revenues for public transit, elderly and disabled transportation, and airport and harbor development from WisDOT. State and federal funds will also be allocated for specific highway and bridge construction projects.

For more information, contact:
Lori Richter, WisDOT Bureau of Transit, Local Roads, Railroads and Harbors
(608) 266-0254, lori.richter@dot.wisconsin.gov