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Wisconsin Statutes Highways (Ch. 80 to 86) § 84.017. High-cost state highway bridge projects

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(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.

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