Before signing Wisconsin's next biennial budget on Thursday, Gov. Tony Evers vetoed legislative proposals that would have transferred money from the state's general fund for use in road work, trimmed requirements on an emerging design-build system and cut a proposal that would have put $10 million in tax dollars toward private construction projects.

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Lawmakers introduced a bill this week calling for a study of the proposed construction of a bridge over the Mississippi River to connect the southwestern Wisconsin village of Cassville with Iowa — a project local officials have been pushing for more than a century.

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Black River Falls-based Hoffman Construction is the low bidder with a $21.1 million offer for a bridge replacement project on Interstate 94 in western Wisconsin in the Wisconsin Department of Transportation's June bid letting.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation in a lawsuit over property damage allegedly caused by highway construction in Kenosha County. A majority of the justices, in a 4-3 vote, decided on Tuesday ...

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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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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided that a gas-station property’s loss of value following a state highway project fell outside the definition of “damages to lands” found a state statute meant to allow property owners to claim damages from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

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Wisconsin's transportation fund has fared better in recent months than state officials expected last fall, leading to a rosier outlook for the next two-year budget.

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Michels Corp. is the low bidder on a $20.4 million project in Outagamie County as part of a May bid letting presenting more than $100 million worth of work.

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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is providing a $1 million grant for a road project to support a planned increase in shipbuilding at Fincantieri Marine in Marinette.

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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has awarded Waukesha's Zenith Tech a $57.6 million contract for a bridge-replacement project in Milwaukee as part of the state'sApril letting, which put more than $120 million worth of work out to bid.

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