Brown County will get $50 million in the next state budget to build a connector bridge in the Green Bay area, the state transportation agency announced on Tuesday.

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Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced on Thursday a grant for improvements at the Port of Manitowoc. 

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The cost of repairing Wisconsin’s highways is now projected to be higher than in previous estimates as inflation continues to put upward pressure on materials and fuel prices, the top Wisconsin transportation official said this week. 

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Various places in Wisconsin with fewer than 50,000 residents will benefit from $35 million from the federal infrastructure bill for the reconstruction of local roads.

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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is planning to study options for rebuilding Stadium Freeway North, possibly with a goal of turning it into at an at-grade boulevard.

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The list of retirements from the Wisconsin state Senate grew to six on Thursday, as the 24-year-veteran Sen. Jerry Petrowski, of Marathon, announced that he will not seek re-election.

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Wisconsin Department of Transportation officials announced Friday that an $11.3 million rail project in Janesville has won federal support.

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State officials marked the completion of a $1.1 billion, 45-mile reconstruction of Interstate 39/90 during an event in Janesville on Wednesday.

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The Wisconsin State Senate on Tuesday confirmed Craig Thompson as transportation secretary and Dawn Crim to lead the state's Department of Safety and Professional Services years after Gov. Tony Evers nominated them to lead the agencies.

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Wisconsin Department of Transportation Secretary-designee Craig Thompson said Friday that he and his colleagues are intent on maintaining the states’ existing infrastructure as it becomes clear how COVID-19 has already begun changing travel patterns for the long term. Thompson’s remarks ...

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