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2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 83 - County highways. › 83.013 - County traffic safety commissions.

83.013
County traffic safety commissions.
(1)
(a)
For each county, the county highway commissioner or a designated representative, the chief county traffic law enforcement officer or a designated representative, the county highway safety coordinator, and a representative designated by the county board from each of the disciplines of education, medicine and law and 3 representatives involved in law enforcement, highways and highway safety designated by the secretary of transportation shall comprise a traffic safety commission that shall meet at least quarterly to review traffic accident data from the county and other traffic safety related matters. The county board chairperson, or the county executive or county administrator in a county having such offices, may appoint additional persons to serve as a member of the county traffic safety commission. The commissions shall designate a person to prepare and maintain a spot map showing the locations of traffic accidents on county and town roads and on city and village streets if the population of the city or village is less than 5,000 and to maintain traffic accident data received from cities, villages and towns with a population of 5,000 or more under s. 66.0141. Upon each review, the commission shall make written recommendations for any corrective actions it deems appropriate to the department, the county board, the county highway committee or any other appropriate branch of local government.
(b)
Counties may combine for the purposes of par. (a), if desired.
(c)
The commissions shall file a report on each meeting with the department.
(2)
The department shall furnish each commission with traffic accident data and uniform traffic citation data for the rural, federal, state, and county highways in the jurisdictions represented in each commission, which shall identify the accident rates and arrest rates on their highways, and shall also furnish a suitable map for use in spotting accidents.
History:  1971 c. 125, 279; 1975 c. 381, 421; 1977 c. 29; 1981 c. 314; 1983 a. 291; 1985 a. 223 s. 5; 1993 a. 246; 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 150 s. 672.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 83 - County highways. › 83.016 - Traffic patrol officers, appointment, duties, bond.

83.016
Traffic patrol officers, appointment, duties, bond.
(1)
The county board, or one of its committees to which it may delegate such authority, may appoint traffic officers for the enforcement of laws relating to the highways or their use, or the maintenance of order upon or near the highways. Traffic officers may arrest without warrant any person who, in their presence, violates any law relating to highways or the maintenance of order upon or near highways. Any traffic officer, sheriff, constable or other police officer may make such arrest without warrant on the request of any other traffic officer, sheriff, constable or police officer in whose presence any such offense has been committed. The appointment of any traffic officer may be revoked at any time by the county board or one of its committees to which it may delegate such authority. No traffic officer shall receive or accept from or for any person he or she has arrested, any money or other thing of value, as or in lieu of bail or for the person's appearance before a court, or to cover or be applied to the payment of fines or costs, or as a condition of such person's release.
(2)
Traffic officers, before exercising their powers, shall be provided with a badge by the county board or its designee which shall be worn when on duty.
(3)
Traffic officers shall furnish bonds in a sum fixed by the county board to indemnify the county for any and all claims arising out of the performance of their duties. The cost of such bonds shall be paid by the county. In lieu of furnishing bonds, such officers may be included in a schedule or blanket bond under s. 19.07 (1) (b).
History:  1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (b); 1977 c. 43, 203.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 83 - County highways. › 83.018 - Road supplies; committee may sell to municipalities.

83.018
Road supplies; committee may sell to municipalities.
The county highway committee is authorized to sell road building and maintenance supplies on open account to any city, village, town or school district within the county; and any such city, village, town or school district is authorized to purchase such supplies.
It is permissible for a county highway department to sell road sand or salt to municipalities, either for their own use or for resale, if, in good faith, county officials believe that the purchaser does not intend to resell the sand or salt for a private purpose. OAG 2-01. But see OAG 1-20.
This section does not address the ability to lease gravel rights on county land. OAG 1-20.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 83 - County highways. › 83.02 - County aid highways.

83.02
County aid highways.
(1)
The system of prospective state highways heretofore selected by the county boards and approved by the highway commission are hereby validated but without prejudice to the exercise of the power to change such systems. Such systems are hereby designated as the county aid highway system.
(2)
The department, on the petition of at least 100 freeholders, may, after investigation, make such alterations in the system of county aid highways as it deems necessary to serve the public interest.
(3)
The county board may alter such systems as provided in s. 83.025 (1).
History:  1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (8) (c); 1977 c. 418 s. 924 (48); 1985 a. 223 ss. 3, 5.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 83 - County highways. › 83.026 - Federal aid secondary highways.

83.026
Federal aid secondary highways.
The county highway committee shall cooperate with the department in the selection of a system of federal aid secondary and feeder roads within the meaning of the Federal Aid Road Act approved July 11, 1916 (39 Stats. at L. 355), and all acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto. The county highway committee shall request and consider recommendations from the governing bodies of municipalities within the county as to eligible highways and streets within such municipalities to be selected as part of such system. The highways and streets selected by the committee to be a part of such system shall be subject to the approval of the county board.
History:  1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (8) (c); 1985 a. 223 s. 5.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 83 - County highways. › 83.03 - County aid; local levy; donations.

83.03
County aid; local levy; donations.
(1)
The county board may construct or improve or repair or aid in constructing or improving or repairing any highway or bridge in the county.
(2)
If any county board determines to improve any portion of a county trunk highway with county funds, it may assess not more than 40 percent of the cost of the improvement but not over $1,000 in any year against the town, village or city in which the improvement is located as a special tax. The county clerk shall certify the tax to the town, village or city clerk who shall put the same in the next tax roll, and it shall be collected and paid into the county treasury as other county taxes are levied, collected and paid. A portion or all of such special assessment may be paid by donation.
(3)
The county board may accept donations to the county of money or lands for highway or bridge purposes, and apply the donations in accordance with the wishes of the donor as nearly as is practicable.
(4)
Any county may, by any lawful means, provide funds to match or supplement state or federal aid for the construction, reconstruction or improvement, under ch. 84, of any highway, street or bridge which it is authorized to construct, reconstruct or improve, and to pay such funds to the department or state treasury as provided in s. 84.03 (1) (b).
History:  1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (8) (c); 1985 a. 29; 1985 a. 223 s. 5.
Sub. (2) prohibits a county from imposing upon municipalities to share the cost of county road and bridge repair; it does not release a municipality from a voluntary agreement to contribute. Fond du Lac County v. Town of Rosendale, 149 Wis. 2d 326, 440 N.W.2d 818 (Ct. App. 1989).
A county board in a county with a county executive cannot enact an ordinance precluding the highway commissioner from determining that the county highway department will perform any of the work on any joint county highway project under ss. 83.03 and 83.035 if a contracting local municipality requests that all of the work on the project be competitively bid and let to private companies. OAG 2-11.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 83 - County highways. › 83.035 - Streets and highways, construction.

83.035
Streets and highways, construction.
Any county board may provide by ordinance that the county may, through its highway committee or other designated county official or officials, enter into contracts with cities, villages and towns within the county borders to enable the county to construct and maintain streets and highways in such municipalities.
Counties may charge one percent of a project cost administrative fee for work done on municipal roads. 63 Atty. Gen. 321.
Projects involving county highway contracts entered into by the county highway committee or the county highway commissioner under ss. 83.035 and 83.04 (1) are exempt from county competitive bidding requirements. OAG 5-09.
A county board in a county with a county executive cannot enact an ordinance precluding the highway commissioner from determining that the county highway department will perform any of the work on any joint county highway project under ss. 83.03 and 83.035 if a contracting local municipality requests that all of the work on the project be competitively bid and let to private companies. OAG 2-11.
This section empowers a county board to enter into contracts with certain public entities to construct and maintain streets and highways. On its face, this section has no application to leasing gravel rights. OAG 1-20.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 83 - County highways. › 83.05 - Improving streets over 18 feet wide.

83.05
Improving streets over 18 feet wide.
(1)
When a portion of the system of county aid highways in any city is to be improved, and the funds from the city and county are available therefor, the city may determine that the roadways shall be paved to a greater width than 18 feet. If it so decides, the city may determine the type of improvement, the width, and all other features of the construction, subject to the approval of the county highway committee. And said committee shall fix the amount per linear foot of the improvement to be paid by the county. The city shall then improve the street in the manner provided generally for making street improvements. The work shall be done under the supervision of the city, but subject to the inspection of the county highway commissioner.
(2)
Upon the completion of the work the county's share of the cost shall be paid to the contractor as though the county had been an immediate party to the contract. Unless specifically authorized by the county, the payment by the county shall not exceed the cost of 22 feet of the width of the pavement, as well as a portion of the costs of grading, draining, and appertaining structures. The balance of the expense of the improvement shall be borne by the city, and shall be provided in the manner in which expense of street improvement is ordinarily met. Assessments of benefits may be made by the city against abutting property in the manner provided where the improvement is done solely at the expense of the city, but such assessments of benefits shall not exceed the difference between the cost of the improvement and the amount contributed thereto by the county.
(3)
The provisions of subs. (1) and (2) shall apply to villages and towns subject to the approval of the county board.
History:  1993 a. 246, 248.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 83 - County highways. › 83.06 - Maintenance of county aid highways.

83.06
Maintenance of county aid highways.
All streets and highways improved with county aid under this chapter shall be maintained by the towns, cities and villages in which they lie but this provision shall not diminish or otherwise affect the duty of the county with respect to any street or highway which is a portion of the county trunk highway system, nor the powers of the county conferred by s. 83.03 (1) and (2) or s. 83.035.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 83 - County highways. › 83.065 - County road and bridge fund; tax levy.

83.065
County road and bridge fund; tax levy.
The county board shall annually levy a tax of not more than 2 mills on the dollar, in addition to all other taxes, and the proceeds shall be known as the “County Road and Bridge Fund". Expenditures from said fund shall be made only for the purposes of constructing and maintaining highways and bridges under this chapter and for purchasing, operating, renting and repairing machinery, quarries and gravel pits used in such construction and maintenance.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 83 - County highways. › 83.07 - Acquisition of lands, quarries, gravel pits; relocation; eminent domain.

83.07
Acquisition of lands, quarries, gravel pits; relocation; eminent domain.
(1)
The county highway committee or town board may acquire any lands or interest therein needed to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Whenever the county highway committee or town board is unable to acquire the same by purchase at a reasonable price such property may be acquired by condemnation under ch. 32.
(1a)
The county highway committee or town board may purchase or accept donations of remnants of tracts or parcels of land remaining at the time or after it has acquired portions of the tracts or parcels by purchase or condemnation where in the judgment of the county highway committee or town board the acquisition of the remnant would assist in rendering just compensation to a landowner, a part of whose lands have been taken for highway purposes, and would serve to minimize the overall cost of the taking by the public.
(2)
In case the county highway committee or town board deems it desirable to acquire any lands or the right to take stone, gravel, clay or other material, from private lands for use in the execution of the committee's or board's duty, or to acquire the right of access to any lands, or the right of drainage across any lands, the committee or board may purchase or condemn such lands or right and take title thereto in the name of the county or town, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the highway improvement funds.
(3)
When lands are acquired under this section to relocate or straighten any highway or to provide easier curves at highway intersections, and tracts not more than 2 acres in area remain separated from the main body of land from which they are acquired, the county highway committee or town board may, if it deems the acquisition of such minor tracts advisable or necessary to beautify the highway or to protect public travel, acquire such minor tracts in the name of the county or the town. Tracts in excess of 2 acres of like character may be acquired by agreement.
(4)
In case the county highway committee or the town board is unable to acquire needed lands or rights by contract, such committee or board may acquire the same in the name of the county or town by eminent domain, as provided in ch. 32.
History:  1997 a. 253.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 83 - County highways. › 83.09 - Emergency repairs of county trunk highways.

83.09
Emergency repairs of county trunk highways.
Whenever a flood or other casualty renders any county trunk highway dangerous for travel, the town chairperson may immediately close it and notify the county highway commissioner thereof, and the commissioner shall promptly make repairs necessary to render the highway safe for travel. If sufficient funds are not available in the county maintenance fund, the commissioner may, with the consent of the chairperson of the county board or of the county highway committee, make the necessary repairs, and the cost thereof shall be paid as soon as funds are available.
History:  1983 a. 192 s. 303 (2); 1989 a. 56 s. 258; 2003 a. 214.
NOTE:  2003 Wis. Act 214, which affected this section, contains extensive explanatory notes.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 83 - County highways. › 83.11 - Marking section and quarter section corners in highways.

83.11
Marking section and quarter section corners in highways.
Any county board may provide that section and quarter section corners in any highway constructed in whole or in part with county funds may be marked with suitable permanent monuments or markers; and the expense of putting in and maintaining such markers shall be paid out of the county road and bridge fund or other county fund as may be determined by the county board.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 83 - County highways. › 83.15 - Aid by county for state line bridge or highway.

83.15
Aid by county for state line bridge or highway.
The county board of any county bounded in part by a river, or by a highway, either of which is also a state boundary line may aid any municipality of such county in the construction of a bridge across such river or any part thereof, or in the reconstruction of the highway including its bridges by an appropriation therefor not exceeding one-third of the cost of such bridge or of such highway.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 83 - County highways. › 83.16 - County may contract with foreign county.

83.16
County may contract with foreign county.
The board of supervisors of any county in this state bordering on any stream or highway which is the boundary line between such county and a county in another state is authorized in conjunction with the board of supervisors of such adjoining county in such other state, to construct and maintain a bridge or bridges across such river at a place or places within the limits of such county or reconstruct such highway including its bridges as may be agreed upon by the respective boards of supervisors, whenever said board of supervisors deems it necessary, and to enter into a contract with such board of supervisors of the adjoining county of such other state for the construction, maintenance and repair of such bridges or highway.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 83 - County highways. › 83.17 - County may assume compensation liability; agreements with localities.

83.17
County may assume compensation liability; agreements with localities.
Whenever a county contributes funds to a highway project undertaken by a town, village or city in the county or a city, town or village has its highways maintained by the county with local funds, the county through its county highway committee may assume the liability under ch. 102 of the town, village or city to any employee on such project, and may by agreement with the governing body of the town, village or city provide for the amount the town, village or city shall pay to the county for the assumption of such liability. The action of the county highway committee shall remain in effect until the county board by resolution disapproves of the action.
History:  1975 c. 147 s. 54; 1979 c. 89.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 83 - County highways. › 83.18 - Entry on lands.

83.18
Entry on lands.
For constructing or maintaining any highway by the county, the county highway committee or commissioner shall possess all of the powers to acquire and enter lands conferred upon town boards by s. 82.03 (2) and (5).
History:  1985 a. 29 s. 3202 (56); 2003 a. 214.
NOTE:  2003 Wis. Act 214, which affected this section, contains extensive explanatory notes.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 83 - County highways. › 83.19 - Temporary highways and detours.

83.19
Temporary highways and detours.
When any highway which is maintained or to be maintained by the county shall be practically impassable or be dangerous to travel or when it shall be deemed necessary on account of construction or repair work thereon or for other reasons to suspend travel upon any part of such highway, the county highway commissioner may lay out and open temporary highways for the accommodation of public travel through any lands, and the county highway commissioner shall possess the powers conferred by s. 82.35 upon town boards. Said powers shall be exercised by the county highway commissioner in like manner and the procedure shall be the same except that the contract and orders and claim for damages and other papers relating to the matter shall be filed with the county clerk, and claims for damages shall be acted upon by the county board in the manner provided by s. 893.80.
History:  1977 c. 285 s. 12; 1979 c. 323 s. 33; 1991 a. 316; 2003 a. 214.
NOTE:  2003 Wis. Act 214, which affected this section, contains extensive explanatory notes.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 83 - County highways. › 83.42 - Rustic roads system.

83.42
Rustic roads system.
(1)
Purpose. In order to create and preserve rustic and scenic roads for vehicular, bicycle, electric scooter, electric personal assistive mobility device, and pedestrian travel in unhurried, quiet and leisurely enjoyment; to protect and preserve recreational driving, culture, beauty, trees, vegetation and wildlife by establishing protective standards of rustic road design, access, speed, maintenance and identification, which will promote a continuous system of rustic roads and scenic easements for the public health and welfare; a state system of rustic roads is created.
(2)
Definitions. In this section:
(a)
“Board" means the rustic roads board in the department.
(b)
“Municipality" means a city, village or town.
(3)
Designation as a rustic road. Any county highway committee or the governing body of any municipality may apply to the board for the designation of any highway under its jurisdiction as a rustic road. The board shall approve or deny the application for designation of a highway as a rustic road submitted under this subsection.
(4)
Withdrawal of highways from rustic roads system. After holding a public hearing, any county highway committee, or the governing body of any municipality, which has jurisdiction over a rustic road may apply to the board for the removal of a highway from the rustic roads system. The board shall approve or deny the application for removal of the highway from its designation as a rustic road.
(5)
Joint jurisdiction of highways. Highways under the joint jurisdiction of 2 or more municipalities or a municipality and a county or 2 or more counties may not be designated rustic roads or be withdrawn from the rustic roads system until after approval by:
(a)
The governing bodies of all affected municipalities; and
(b)
The county highway committees of all affected counties; and
(c)
The board.
(7)
Local authority. The county highway committees, the municipalities and the counties shall have the same authority over rustic roads as they possess over other highways under their jurisdiction except as otherwise provided in this section.
(8)
Aids. State aids for rustic roads shall be determined in accordance with the general transportation aids provisions of s. 86.30.
(8m)
Rustic road marking signs; state payment. The department shall pay the costs of furnishing and installing rustic roads marking signs on officially designated rustic roads from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (3) (eq).
(9)
Rules and standards. The board shall promulgate rules and establish standards for the maintenance, identification, construction, use and preservation of the rustic roads system.
History:  1973 c. 142; 1979 c. 100, 154, 355; 1981 c. 20 s. 2202 (51) (c); 1983 a. 55; 1985 a. 223 s. 5; 1991 a. 39; 1995 a. 338; 2001 a. 90; 2019 a. 11.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 84 - State trunk highways; federal aid. › 84.001 - Definitions.

84.001
Definitions.
As used in this chapter unless the context requires another interpretation:
(1)
“Department" means the department of transportation.
(1m)
“Division of hearings and appeals" means the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration.
(1r)
“Intelligent transportation system" means a specialized computer system or other electronic, information processing, communication, or technical system, including roadway detector loops, closed circuit television, permanent variable message signs, or ramp meters, that is used to improve the efficiency or safety of a surface transportation system.
(2)
“Secretary" means the secretary of transportation.
History:  1977 c. 29; 1983 a. 27; 1993 a. 16; 2001 a. 16.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 84 - State trunk highways; federal aid. › 84.011 - Who to sign contracts.

84.011
Who to sign contracts.
The secretary, or the secretary's designees, may sign and execute in the name of the department any conveyance or any contract or agreement with the federal government or its departments, subdivisions of this state, other states or subdivisions of other states, corporations, limited liability companies, associations, partnerships and individuals.
History:  1977 c. 29; 1993 a. 112, 490; 2007 a. 135.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 84 - State trunk highways; federal aid. › 84.0145 - Southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects.

84.0145
Southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects.
(1)
In this section:
(ae)
“I 94 east-west corridor project" has the meaning given in s. 84.014 (5m) (ag) 1e.
(am)
“I 94 north-south corridor" has the meaning given in s. 84.014 (5m) (ag) 1m.
(b)
“Southeast Wisconsin freeway" has the meaning given in s. 84.014 (1) (e).
(c)
“Southeast Wisconsin freeway megaproject" means any project on a southeast Wisconsin freeway having a total cost of more than $500 million, subject to adjustment under sub. (4).
(d)
“Zoo interchange" has the meaning given in s. 84.014 (5m) (ag) 2.
(2)
Subject to sub. (3) and s. 86.255, any southeast Wisconsin freeway megaproject may be funded only from the appropriations under ss. 20.395 (3) (aq), (av), (ax), and (ct) and 20.866 (2) (uup), (uur), (uuv), and (uuz).
(3)
(a)
The department may not encumber or expend any moneys for construction of a southeast Wisconsin freeway megaproject unless the project is specifically enumerated in a list under par. (b).
(b)
The department may provide funding for the following southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects:
1.
The I 94 north-south corridor project.
2.
The Zoo interchange project.
3.
The I 94 east-west corridor project.
(4)
The department shall annually adjust the amount specified in sub. (1) (c) to reflect the annual change in the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Price Index, Yearly Moving Average, as maintained by the department or, if at any time the department no longer maintains this index, another suitable index as determined by the department. Beginning in 2012, prior to October 1 of each year, the department shall compute the annual adjustment required under this subsection and shall publish the new adjusted amount applicable under sub. (1) (c), which amount shall become effective on October 1 of that year. The department may not adjust the amount specified in sub. (1) (c) to an amount less than that specified in sub. (1) (c).
History:  2011 a. 32; 2013 a. 20; 2017 a. 58; 2021 a. 58.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 84 - State trunk highways; federal aid. › 84.015 - Federal highway aid accepted.

84.015
Federal highway aid accepted.
(1)
The state of Wisconsin assents to the provisions of Title 23, USC and all acts of congress amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto. The state of Wisconsin declares its purpose and intent to give assent to all federal highway acts and to make provisions that will insure receipt by this state of any federal highway aids that have been or may be allotted to the state including all increased and advanced appropriations, and insure that such highways and related facilities in this state as may be eligible to be improved or constructed in accordance with any such federal highway acts may be improved, constructed and maintained in accordance therewith. The good faith of the state is pledged to make available funds sufficient to adequately carry out such construction and maintenance.
(2)
The department may enter into all contracts and agreements with the United States relating to the construction and maintenance of streets and highways and related facilities under Title 23, USC and all acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, submit such scheme or program of construction and maintenance as may be required by said code or rules and regulations of the United States promulgated thereunder and do all other things necessary fully to carry out the cooperation contemplated and provided for by said code.
History:  1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (8) (a).
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 84 - State trunk highways; federal aid. › 84.016 - Major interstate bridge projects.

84.016
Major interstate bridge projects.
(1)
In this section, “major interstate bridge project" means a project involving the construction or reconstruction of a bridge on the state trunk highway system, including approaches, that crosses a river forming a boundary of the state and for which this state's estimated cost share is at least $100,000,000.
(2)
Notwithstanding ss. 84.013, 84.51, 84.52, 84.53, 84.555, and 84.95, but subject to s. 86.255, this state's share of costs for any major interstate bridge project may be funded only from the appropriations under ss. 20.395 (3) (dq), (dv), and (dx) and 20.866 (2) (ugm).
History:  2009 a. 28; 2011 a. 30, 32; 2019 a. 9.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 84 - State trunk highways; federal aid. › 84.017 - High-cost state highway bridge projects.

84.017
High-cost state highway bridge projects.
(1)
In this section, “high-cost state highway bridge project" means a project involving the construction or rehabilitation of a bridge on the state trunk highway system, including approaches, that has a total estimated cost of more than $150,000,000, but does not include any major interstate bridge project, as defined in s. 84.016 (1), or any project involving a bridge that is part of a southeast Wisconsin freeway megaproject enumerated under s. 84.0145 (3) (b).
(2)
Subject to sub. (3) and s. 86.255, any high-cost state highway bridge project may be funded only from the appropriations under ss. 20.395 (3) (dr), (dw), and (dy) and 20.866 (2) (uup).
(3)
(a)
During the 2011-13 fiscal biennium, the department may encumber or expend moneys from any of the appropriations under s. 20.395 (3) (aq), (av), (ax), (br), (bq), (bv), (bx), (cq), (cv), and (cx) for preliminary costs associated with the reconstruction of the Hoan Bridge and approaches to the east bank of the Milwaukee River on I-794 in Milwaukee County.
(b)
1.
Subject to subd. 2., during the 2013-15 fiscal biennium, the department may encumber or expend moneys from any of the appropriations under s. 20.395 (3) (aq), (av), (ax), (br), (bq), (bv), (bx), (cq), (cv), and (cx) for any costs associated with the reconstruction of the Hoan Bridge, including approaches, that exceed $226,000,000.
2.
The department may not encumber or expend more than $10,000,000 from the appropriations specified in subd. 1. during the 2013-15 fiscal biennium for the purpose specified in subd. 1. unless the department submits to the joint committee on finance a request for authorization to encumber or expend the moneys and the joint committee on finance approves the request.
(4)
A high-cost state highway bridge project under this section may not be considered a southeast Wisconsin freeway megaproject under s. 84.0145.
History:  2011 a. 32; 2013 a. 20.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 84 - State trunk highways; federal aid. › 84.05 - Railroad crossing improvements.

84.05
Railroad crossing improvements.
On a highway which the department has authority to construct and which crosses a railroad, if the department determines that the construction or reconstruction of a grade separation or the rearrangement or elimination of a grade crossing or other rearrangement of the highway or tracks is necessary in the interest of public safety or for convenience of public travel, the department shall make a plan of the construction proposed and an estimate of the cost thereof, including the cost of needed right-of-way; and shall endeavor to make an arrangement with all persons concerned as to all matters involved in the plan, including the portion of the cost of the contemplated work which the persons shall defray. If the department is unable to contract with the persons concerned as to the distribution and payment of the cost of the work or the maintenance thereof, the department shall lay the matter before the office of the commissioner of railroads, and the office of the commissioner of railroads shall review the proceedings and hold a hearing thereon in accordance with ss. 195.28 and 195.29, and shall fix the portion of the cost of the construction and of the maintenance which is to be paid by the persons or corporations concerned, and the portion of the cost, if any, to be paid by the public, which portion shall be paid from the transportation fund. The office of the commissioner of railroads shall determine the benefits, if any, which will inure to other highways, and apportion and charge to the units of government responsible for the construction of such other highways a fair portion of the cost.
History:  1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (8) (b), (9) (f); 1981 c. 347 s. 80 (2); 1985 a. 187; 1993 a. 16, 123.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 84 - State trunk highways; federal aid. › 84.065 - Railroad and utility alteration and relocation loan program.

84.065
Railroad and utility alteration and relocation loan program.
(1)
Purpose. The purpose of this section is to promote the state's interest in preserving and improving state trunk and connecting highways by means of a program to provide loans for railroad and public utility alterations and relocations associated with highway improvement projects.
(2)
Definitions. In this section:
(a)
“Improvement" has the meaning given in s. 84.06 (1).
(b)
“Public utility" has the meaning given in s. 196.01 (5) and includes a telecommunications carrier, as defined in s. 196.01 (8m).
(c)
“Railroad" has the meaning given in s. 195.02 (1).
(3)
Administration. The department shall administer a loan program to assist public utilities and railroads with the costs of utility and railroad alterations and relocations that are associated with state trunk and connecting highway improvement projects and that are not subject to reimbursement by the department. The department shall have all powers necessary and convenient to implement this section, including the following powers:
(a)
To specify conditions of eligibility for loans under this section. Such conditions shall include the requirement that the utility or railroad alteration or relocation must be part of a planned state trunk or connecting highway improvement project.
(b)
To receive applications for loans under this section and to prescribe the form, nature and extent of the information which shall be contained in applications.
(c)
To establish standards for the approval of loans under this section.
(d)
To enter into loan agreements with applicants to ensure the proper use and prompt repayment of loans under this section. The loan agreement shall permit the loan to be repaid without interest before the date on which the contract for the improvement project with which the utility or railroad alteration is associated is awarded. The loan agreement shall require the payment of interest on the outstanding balance of any loan that is not repaid by the date on which that contract is awarded, accruing from the date on which that contract is awarded. Interest shall be charged at a rate equal to the weekly prime rate for the week prior to the date on which the contract is awarded, as reported by the federal reserve board in federal reserve statistical release H. 15, plus 1 percent. The loan agreement shall require repayment of the principal and payment of any accrued interest within one year of the date on which the contract is awarded.
(e)
To audit and inspect the records of loan recipients.
(4)
Funds. Subject to s. 86.255, the department may make loans under this section from the appropriations under s. 20.395 (3) (bv) and (cv). The total outstanding balance of loans under this section may not exceed $500,000.
(5)
Rules. The department may promulgate rules as necessary to implement this section.
History:  1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 496; 1999 a. 9.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 84 - State trunk highways; federal aid. › 84.075 - Contracting with minority businesses and disabled veteran-owned businesses.

84.075
Contracting with minority businesses and disabled veteran-owned businesses.
(1c)
In this section:
(a)
“Disabled veteran-owned business" means a business certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 (3).
(b)
“Minority business" means a business certified by the department of administration under s. 16.287 (2).
(1m)
(a)
In purchasing services under s. 84.01 (13), in awarding construction contracts under s. 84.06 and in contracting with private contractors and agencies under s. 84.07, the department shall attempt to ensure that 5 percent of the total amount expended in each fiscal year is paid to contractors, subcontractors, and vendors that are minority businesses. In attempting to meet this goal, the department may award any contract to a minority business that submits a qualified responsible bid that is no more than 5 percent higher than the low bid.
(b)
In purchasing services under s. 84.01 (13), in awarding construction contracts under s. 84.06, and in contracting with private contractors and agencies under s. 84.07, the department shall attempt to ensure that at least 1 percent of the total amount expended in each fiscal year is paid to contractors, subcontractors, and vendors that are disabled veteran-owned businesses. In attempting to meet this goal, the department may award any contract to a disabled veteran-owned business that submits a qualified responsible bid that is no more than 5 percent higher than the low bid unless doing so would violate the provisions of any federal law or regulation or any contract between the department and a federal agency or would otherwise result in a reduction of the amount of federal highway aid received by this state.
(c)
If a contractor, subcontractor, or vendor is both a minority business and a disabled veteran-owned business, the department may award a contract under par. (a) or (b) but the qualified responsible bid must be no more than 5 percent higher than the low bid, as provided under pars. (a) and (b).
(2)
The contractor shall report to the department any amount of the contract paid to subcontractors and vendors which are minority businesses or disabled veteran-owned businesses.
(3)
The department shall at least semiannually, or more often if required by the department of administration, report to the department of administration the total amount of money it has paid to contractors, subcontractors, and vendors that are minority businesses and that are disabled veteran-owned businesses under ss. 84.01 (13), 84.06, and 84.07 and the number of contacts with minority businesses and disabled veteran-owned businesses in connection with proposed purchases and contracts. In its reports, the department shall include only amounts paid to businesses certified by the department of administration as minority businesses or disabled veteran-owned businesses.
History:  1983 a. 27; 1983 a. 390 ss. 4, 6; 1987 a. 27; 2009 a. 299; 2011 a. 32; 2011 a. 260 s. 80; 2013 a. 192; 2021 a. 239.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 84 - State trunk highways; federal aid. › 84.08 - Franchises.

84.08
Franchises.
No franchise or permit granted by any town or village or city to any corporation to use any state trunk highway shall become effective unless such franchise or permit has been approved by the department. The order of the department shall provide for or approve the method by which the work authorized by the franchise or permit is to be done or by which the highway is to be restored to its former condition.
History:  1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (8) (a).
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 84 - State trunk highways; federal aid. › 84.093 - Cooperative acquisition of rights-of-way.

84.093
Cooperative acquisition of rights-of-way.
(1)
The department, acting in the public interest, may contract with a public utility, as defined in s. 196.01 (5), or with a rural electric cooperative association, as described in s. 32.02 (10), for the receipt or furnishing of services, or the joint exercise of any power or duty required or authorized by law, relating to the acquisition, development or maintenance of rights-of-way to be used jointly by the department and a public utility or rural electric cooperative association. If parties to a contract under this section have varying powers or duties under the law, each may act under the contract to the extent of its lawful powers and duties. This section shall be interpreted liberally in favor of cooperative action between the department and a public utility or rural electric cooperative association.
(2)
Any contract under this section may provide a plan for administration of the function or project, which may include provisions as to proration of the expenses involved, deposit and disbursement of funds appropriated, submission and approval of budgets and formation and letting of contracts.
History:  1997 a. 91; 1999 a. 32 s. 166.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 84 - State trunk highways; federal aid. › 84.10 - Maintenance and operation of bridges not on state trunks.

84.10
Maintenance and operation of bridges not on state trunks.
(1)
The amounts allocated under s. 20.395 (3) (cq) and (eq) for the purposes described in this subsection shall be expended by the department for the maintenance and operation of bridges not on the state trunk highway system which were constructed, reconstructed, or purchased under s. 84.11 before August 9, 1989, and under s. 84.12 and free bridges located in connecting highways in 4th class cities, and towns, which have a length, not including approaches, of 300 feet or more, or a swing or lift span. Except as provided in a jurisdictional transfer agreement under s. 84.16, all matters relating to the maintenance and operation of such bridges shall be under the control of the department. Maintenance and operation shall not include the roadway lighting system and shall not include snow and ice removal and control for bridges located on connecting highways. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall designate and mark the bridge specified in s. 84.1024 in the manner and under the conditions specified in s. 84.1024. The department may arrange with any county highway committee or with any city, village or town for the operation or maintenance or both of any such bridge; and any county highway committee, city, village or town may enter into such arrangement. This subsection does not apply to sub. (2).
(2)
The joint committee on finance may transfer moneys to s. 20.395 (3) (cq) from any other segregated revenue appropriations of the department for state operations from the transportation fund, upon request of the department, for the purpose of supplementing moneys allocated under s. 20.395 (3) (cq) for the rehabilitation of a local bridge for which improvement is a state responsibility and which has been posted with a weight limitation as provided in s. 349.16 (2).
History:  1971 c. 125 s. 522 (1); 1973 c. 243 s. 82; 1977 c. 29; 1979 c. 34 s. 2102 (52) (a); 1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 246; 1997 a. 27; 2007 a. 6.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 84 - State trunk highways; federal aid. › 84.101 - Military memorial highways and bridges.

84.101
Military memorial highways and bridges.
The department shall maintain all markers that designate any state trunk highway or bridge on the state trunk highway system as a memorial that is associated with the armed forces or any branch or unit of the armed forces, any specific soldier or soldiers, any armed forces award or honor, or any war or armed conflict, that is otherwise military in nature, or that is designated under s. 84.10295, and, notwithstanding ss. 84.1028 (2), 84.1029 (2), 84.1031 (2), 84.1034 (2), 84.1036 (2), 84.1039 (2), and 84.1041 (2), the department shall bear the cost, in an amount not to exceed a total of $2,000 per year on a statewide basis, of such maintenance and shall only perform maintenance under this section in amounts above that sum to the extent that the department has received local or private funding for such maintenance.
History:  2007 a. 167; 2019 a. 20.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 84 - State trunk highways; federal aid. › 84.1018 - Veterans of the American Revolution Memorial Bridge.

84.1018
Veterans of the American Revolution Memorial Bridge.
(1)
The department shall designate and, subject to sub. (2), mark the bridge on I 39/90/94 across the Wisconsin River between the towns of Dekorra and Caledonia in Columbia County as the “Veterans of the American Revolution Memorial Bridge," as a living memorial to and in honor of veterans who are buried in Wisconsin who served this nation in the American Revolution.
(2)
Upon receipt of sufficient contributions from interested parties, including any county, city, village, or town, to cover the costs of erecting and maintaining markers, the department shall erect and maintain, at the 2 interstate rest areas located nearest to the bridge specified in sub. (1), markers identifying the bridge as the “Veterans of the American Revolution Memorial Bridge." No state funds, other than from the receipt of contributions under this subsection, may be expended for the erection or maintenance of the markers.
History:  2007 a. 161 s. 1; 2009 a. 180 s. 97; Stats. 2009 s. 84.1018.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 84 - State trunk highways; federal aid. › 84.1019 - Fifty-seventh Field Artillery Brigade Memorial Highway.

84.1019
Fifty-seventh Field Artillery Brigade Memorial Highway.
(1)
The department shall designate and, subject to sub. (2), mark the entire route of STH 57, commencing at STH 59 in the city of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County and proceeding northerly to STH 42 in the village of Sister Bay in Door County, as the “57th Field Artillery Brigade Memorial Highway" as a living memorial to and in honor of the members of the 57th Field Artillery Brigade of the Wisconsin national guard, also known as the “Iron Brigade," who have bravely served their country with pride, distinction, sacrifice, devotion, and honor since World War I, including deployment to Afghanistan.
(2)
Upon receipt of sufficient contributions from interested parties, including any county, city, village, or town, to cover the costs of erecting and maintaining markers along the route specified in sub. (1) to clearly identify to motorists the designation of the route as the “57th Field Artillery Brigade Memorial Highway," the department shall erect and maintain the markers. No state funds, other than from the receipt of contributions under this subsection, may be expended for the erection or maintenance of the markers.
History:  2007 a. 163 s. 1; 2009 a. 180 s. 96; Stats. 2009 s. 84.1019.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 84 - State trunk highways; federal aid. › 84.102 - Governor Nelson Dewey Memorial Highway.

84.102
Governor Nelson Dewey Memorial Highway.
In order to commemorate the first governor of the state of Wisconsin, the department shall designate and mark as the “Governor Nelson Dewey Memorial Highway" STH 81 from its junction with STH 35 in Grant County to Cassville, Governor Dewey's hometown.
History:  1989 a. 76.