Governor Walker Announces Local Government Payments for Transportation Aid
Friday, October 5th, 2018 -- 9:01 AM
-Governor Scott Walker announced that local governments received quarterly payments this week totaling $118,205,148 for General Transportation Aids, Connecting Highway Aids and Expressway Policing Aids from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.In 2018, local governments will receive $40 million more than last year in General Transportation Aids. In addition, last week the governor announced that his next budget would provide the highest level of state funding for county roads in decades. The Governor’s proposal would increase calendar year General Transportation Aids to counties to 30 percent, the largest single increase in funding ever provided to counties through the program.
October payments to Wisconsin’s 1,924 local units of government include: $114,933,297 in General Transportation Aids; $3,015,876 to 117 municipalities entitled to receive Connecting Highway Aids; and $255,975 to Milwaukee County for Expressway Policing Aids. Clark County will receive $184,617. Clark County's townships, cities and villages will receive a portion of that aid as well.
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