Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 206 - Local roads improvement program › Section Trans 206.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
The words and phrases defined in s.
				86.31(1),
				Stats., have the same meaning in this chapter unless a different definition is
				specifically provided. In this chapter:
(1) "Administrative cost" means the county
			 highway commissioner's staff and material costs to perform the county highway
			 commissioner's duties to the county MSI program for cities and villages with a
			 population of 20,000 or less, and the county TRI program, including the cost of
			 conducting bid lettings for MSI projects in cities and villages with a
			 population of 20,000 or less and for TRI projects.
(1m) "Annual allocation" means the annual
			 amount of state funds available under the TRID component of the local roads
			 improvement program to a town to make improvements with total project costs of
			 $100,000 or more to local town roads.
(2) "Annual entitlement" means the annual
			 amount of state funds available under the local roads improvement program to a
			 county, county town road improvement committee, county municipal street
			 improvement committee, or city or village with a population of 20,000 or more
			 to make improvements to the local roads.
(2m) "Biennial allocation" means the sum of
			 the 2 annual allocations in a state biennium.
(3) "Biennial entitlement" means the sum of
			 the 2 annual entitlements in a state biennium.
(4) "Chief executive" means the town board
			 chairperson, village president, elected mayor or city manager.
(5) "Contract administration" means the
			 preparing of or having plans prepared for the project, acquiring right of way,
			 letting of bids and construction supervision of a local roads improvement
			 program project.
(6) "Cost ceiling"
			 means the maximum amount the state of Wisconsin will pay as its share of the
			 local road improvement project under this chapter.
(7) "County board chairperson" has the
			 meaning specified in s.
			 59.12,
			 Stats.
(8) "County executive" has
			 the meaning specified in s.
			 59.17,
			 Stats.
(9) "County highway
			 commissioner" has the meaning specified in s.
			 83.01,
			 Stats.
(10) "County highway
			 improvement" or "CHI" means the improvement projects on the county trunk system
			 funded by the county highway improvement entitlement component of the local
			 roads improvement program as authorized under s.
			 86.31(3),
			 Stats.
(11) "County highway
			 improvement plan" means a county's 5-year plan of improvements to the county
			 trunk system which is eligible to be funded from the county highway improvement
			 component of the local roads improvement program.
(12) "County highway improvement program
			 district" means a group of counties designated by the secretary of
			 transportation under s.
			 86.31,
			 Stats., to be a county highway improvement program district.
(13) "County highway improvement program
			 district committee" means a committee consisting of not more than 5 county
			 executives or designees or when there is no office of county executive, county
			 board chairpersons or the chairperson's designee from counties within a county
			 highway improvement district.
(14)
			 "County municipal street improvement committee" or "CMSIC" means a committee of
			 not more than 5 chief executives or designees of cities and villages with a
			 population of less than 20,000 within the county responsible to select MSI
			 projects within the county.
(15)
			 "County town road improvement committee" or "CTRIC" means a committee of not
			 more than 5 town chairpersons or designees from within the county responsible
			 to select TRI projects within the county.
(16) "Department" means the department of
			 transportation.
(17) "Eligible
			 project" means one or more logical phases of a specific improvement including,
			 but not limited to, a feasibility study, design engineering, grading, base,
			 paving, and road finish materials such as hot mix asphalt.
(18) "Feasibility study" means the
			 engineering and environmental studies for a specific section of a local road
			 that will lead to a LRIP improvement project.
(19) "Local roads improvement program" or
			 "LRIP" means the state entitlement program with county trunk highway, town road
			 and municipal street entitlement components as established in s.
			 86.31,
			 Stats., or the state allocation component separate from the entitlement program
			 as established in s.
			 86.31(3m),
			 Stats.
(20) "LRIP project
			 application" means a department of transportation form which describes the
			 projects that may be funded with LRIP entitlements, or LRIP allocations under
			 TRID, in the current state biennium.
(21) "Miles" means the number of miles of
			 roads and streets as determined by the department of transportation under s.
			 86.302,
			 Stats.
(22) "Municipal street
			 improvement" or "MSI" means the improvement projects on the city and village
			 street system funded by the municipal street improvement entitlement component
			 of the local roads improvement program as authorized under s.
			 86.31(3),
			 Stats.
(23) "Municipal street
			 improvement plan" means a city or village's 5-year plan of improvements to the
			 municipal street system eligible to be funded from the municipal street
			 improvement component of the local roads improvement program.
(24) "PASER" means the pavement surface
			 evaluation and rating process developed and taught by the transportation
			 information center at the university of Wisconsin extension, Madison, WI
			 53706.
(25) "Population" means the
			 population of a political subdivision as determined in s.
			 86.33,
			 Stats.
(26) "Project agreement"
			 means a formal agreement between the state and a political subdivision which
			 states the responsibilities of each of the parties to the agreement.
(27) "Recipient" means a county, county town
			 road improvement committee, county municipal street improvement committee, or a
			 city or village with a population of 20,000 or more, or a town under the
			 TRID.
(28) "Secretary" means the
			 secretary of the department of transportation.
(29) "State biennium" means a period from
			 July 1 of every odd-numbered year through June 30 of the next odd-numbered
			 year.
(30) "State fiscal year"
			 means a period from July 1 through June 30.
(31) "Statewide town road improvement
			 discretionary committee" or "STRIDC" means the committee appointed by the
			 secretary responsible to recommend TRID projects for approval by the
			 secretary.
(32) "Town road
			 improvement" or "TRI" means the improvement projects on the town road system
			 funded by the town road improvement entitlement component of the local roads
			 improvement program as authorized under s.
			 86.31(3),
			 Stats.
(33) "Town road improvement
			 discretionary" or "TRID" means the improvement projects on the statewide town
			 road system funded by the town road improvement discretionary allocation
			 component of the local roads improvement program as authorized under s.
			 86.31(3m),
			 Stats.
(34) "Town road improvement
			 plan" means a town board's 2 or more year plan for improvements to the town
			 road system eligible to be funded from the town road improvement component of
			 the local roads improvement program.