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WisDOT plans 400 highway projects in 2026
This construction season will include I-94 and I-41 megaprojects, bridge replacements and new culverts.
Evers signs bill expanding design-build method for highway projects
Gov. Tony Evers this month signed a bill into law that will allow the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to expand its use of the design-build method for highway projects.
Projects big and small recognized in WisDOT’s Excellence in Construction Awards
A contractor's work on the Interstate 43 North-South project in Milwaukee County was recognized by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation in its 2025 Excellence in Construction Awards.
Black Hawk Bridge to close this fall, new bridge construction continues
Cars will be ferried across the Mississippi River after the bridge between Lansing, Iowa and Crawford County closes in late October.
Drive safe and slow down is the message to motorists as construction season picks up
In Wisconsin, more than 2,100 crashes happen in work zones each year, WisDOT data showed.
WisDOT announces $12.5M grant for truck stop projects
The funding to upgrade two safety rest areas in northeast Wisconsin comes from the federal infrastructure law.
WisDOT announces new deputy secretary
WisDOT Secretary Kristina Boardman announced Scott Lawry will be the next deputy secretary of the transportation agency.
First woman to lead WisDOT started Thursday
Secretary Kristina Boardman previously served in various agency roles, including deputy secretary and administrator of the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
Craig Thompson leaving WisDOT on Sept. 11 (UPDATE)
Kristina Boardman will succeed Thompson as the first woman in the state to serve as the transportation secretary.
WisDOT names first female deputy secretary
Wisconsin Department of Transportation Secretary Craig Thompson has appointed Kristina Boardman as the agency’s next deputy secretary.
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- Kraus-Anderson will deliver first phase of $175M Big Bend sports complex
- Long-delayed Milwaukee boutique hotel plans show signs of life
- I-794 bridge improvements starting in Milwaukee
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of May 4, 2026
- Construction worker killed in lumber pile collapse in West Bend
- Milwaukee to Madison train line to cost $200M with state help
- I-794 removal could see $500M in development, but more crashes
- Cobalt Partners changes up its Third Ward moving plans
- State program releases $135M for local roads
- Eau Claire approves $270M biomanufacturing facility deal
- Manitowoc port development gets $20 million boost
- Mark Hammond, Wauwatosa development director, will leave for nonprofit job
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)