AB454,29,3 14(2) Enhancing Wisconsin's economy. Major highway projects shall be
15evaluated to determine their ability to enhance Wisconsin's economy. A key
16component is estimated lower travel costs, which serve to increase the
17competitiveness of existing businesses and enhance Wisconsin's ability to maintain
18and compete for jobs. The department shall use benefit-cost analysis procedures as
19the primary foundation of this evaluation to determine the economic viability of
20candidate projects. The benefit-cost analysis shall demonstrate that the reductions
21in travel costs exceed the costs of design, construction, and long-term rehabilitation
22and maintenance costs of the facility. The analysis of reduced travel costs shall
23include estimated travel time savings, safety savings, and vehicle operating cost
24savings. Additionally, the analysis shall carefully consider critical supply chain
25corridors to support projects that are most critical for maintaining and preserving

1an efficient and reliable network for manufacturers and shippers. The economic
2analysis shall also consider those areas of Wisconsin that are projected to have more
3growth in the amount of employment and tourism.
AB454,29,13 4(3) Improving traffic flow. Major highway projects play a significant role in
5improving traffic flow and reducing highway congestion. Reducing highway
6congestion improves highway efficiency by reducing the total hours of vehicle delay,
7and also improves travel reliability for individuals and businesses. An evaluation
8of traffic flow needs on the corridor shall be used to demonstrate the level and extent
9of recurring congestion and the variability in nonrecurring congested conditions on
10the corridor. Recurring congestion results from regular peak period conditions where
11the roadway is inadequate for the volume of vehicles. Nonrecurring congestion exists
12when wide fluctuations in travel times occur due to events such as incidents, bad
13weather conditions, special events, holiday traffic, and work zones.
AB454,29,18 14(4) Serving community objectives. Overall community support is critical for
15the proposed major highway project. The level of community support shall be
16demonstrated using the results of the comprehensive public outreach and
17involvement that occurs during the detailed environmental document process
18(National Environmental Policy Act and/or Wisconsin Environmental Policy Act).
AB454,29,23 19(5) Minimizing environmental impacts. The evaluation process recognizes that
20major highway projects can have effects on the quality of the human environment
21in the regions they serve. The environmental evaluation shall be based on the results
22of the detailed environmental document process (National Environmental Policy Act
23and/or Wisconsin Environmental Policy Act).
AB454,120 24Section 120. Trans 210.07 of the administrative code is repealed.
AB454,121 25Section 121. Trans 210.08 of the administrative code is repealed.
AB454,122
1Section 122. Trans 233.08 (2) (c) 5. of the administrative code is amended to
2read:
AB454,30,73 Trans 233.08 (2) (c) 5. State trunk highways and connecting highways with
4current and forecasted congestion projected to be worse than level of service "C," as
5determined under s. Trans 210.05 (1), within the following
" C." Department
6engineers shall use appropriate methodologies to determine the projected level of
7service that is predicted to exist
20 years from the year of the analysis.
AB454,123 8Section 123. Trans 233.11 (3) (b) 4. of the administrative code is amended to
9read:
AB454,30,1410 Trans 233.11 (3) (b) 4. Whether the current and forecasted congestion of the
11abutting highway is projected to be worse than level of service " C," as determined
12under s. Trans 210.05 (1), within the following
"C." Department engineers shall use
13appropriate methodologies to determine the projected level of service that is
14predicted to exist
20 years from the year of the analysis.
AB454,124 15Section 124. Trans 252.06 (1) of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB454,30,2116 Trans 252.06 (1) An escort vehicle which is a marked police squad car or
17unmarked police patrol vehicle equipped with clearly visible red and blue lighting
18to the front and rear, as defined in s. 347.25 (1m) (a) and (b), Stats.,
is exempt from
19the vehicle, flag and sign and equipment requirements of s. Trans 252.05 (1) and (2).
20Normal police red or blue emergency lights shall be deemed to satisfy the warning
21lamps requirement of s. Trans 252.05 (3)
.
AB454,125 22Section 125. Trans 253.01 of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB454,31,2 23Trans 253.01 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish standards
24and procedures for the issuance of overweight and oversize permits for the
25transportation of commodities and goods in Wisconsin, within 11 miles of the

1Wisconsin-Michigan border and upon certain highways, pursuant to s. 348.27 (9) (a),
2Stats.
AB454,126 3Section 126. Trans 253.02 of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB454,31,10 4Trans 253.02 Definitions. Unless otherwise stated, the definitions of words
5and phrases in ss. 340.01 and 348.01 (2), Stats., and s. Trans 250.02 apply to this
6chapter. In this chapter, "permit" means multiple trip overweight or oversize permits
7authorized under s. 348.27 (9) (a), Stats., which includes permit pages, copies of all
8written approvals for movement on local highways, a copy of this chapter, a copy of
9ch. Trans 251, and any other written conditions of movement issued by the
10department.
AB454,127 11Section 127. Trans 253.04 (intro.) (except Trans 253.04 (title)) and (1) of the
12administrative code are repealed.
AB454,128 13Section 128. Trans 253.04 (1m) of the administrative code is created to read:
AB454,31,1714 Trans 253.04 (1m) An application for a permit shall be submitted to an issuing
15authority on a form approved by the department and in accordance with s. 348.27,
16Stats., and shall include all requested information, including the applicant's
17electronic mail address.
AB454,129 18Section 129. Trans 253.04 (2) of the administrative code is repealed.
AB454,130 19Section 130. Trans 253.04 (3) of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB454,31,2220 Trans 253.04 (3) The An application for a permit shall include the date on
21which the applicant seeks to have the permit first become valid, not more than 60
22days later than the date of application.
AB454,131 23Section 131. Trans 253.04 (4) to (8) of the administrative code are repealed.
AB454,132 24Section 132. Trans 253.04 (9) of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB454,32,4
1Trans 253.04 (9) For An application for a permit shall include, for each local
2road or county highway permitted under s. Trans 253.06 (4) on which the applicant
3seeks authority to operate, written proof that permission for operation has been
4granted by the officer in charge of the maintenance of the highway.
AB454,133 5Section 133. Trans 253.04 (10) of the administrative code is created to read:
AB454,32,76 Trans 253.04 (10) An application for a permit for the use of a state trunk
7highway shall be made to the department in any of the following ways:
AB454,32,88 (a) In person, at the department's central office.
AB454,32,99 (b) By mail, addressed to the department's central office.
AB454,32,1110 (c) By facsimile machine to the department's oversize and overweight permit
11system.
AB454,134 12Section 134. Trans 253.04 (10) (c) (note) (insert before existing Trans 253.04
13notes 1 and 2) of the administrative code is created to read:
AB454,32,1514 Trans 253.04 (10) (c) (note) This permit is currently not available online;
15however, the department will accept applications submitted by facsimile machine.
AB454,135 16Section 135. Trans 253.04 (notes 1 and 2) of the administrative code are
17amended to read:
AB454,32,21 18Trans 253.04 Permit application. (note 1) Applications are available upon
19request from the Motor Carrier Services Section Oversize and Overweight Permit
20Unit Section of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, 4802 Sheboygan
21Avenue, P.O. Box 7980, Madison, WI 53707.
AB454,33,222 (note 2) Permit application procedures are specified in s. Trans 250.025. A
23permit application may be submitted in person or by mail or facsimile machine to the
24Motor Carrier Services Section Oversize and Overweight Permit Unit Section. The
25Motor Carrier Services Section Oversize and Overweight Permit Unit Section of the

1Wisconsin Department of Transportation is located at 4802 Sheboygan Avenue,
2Room 151,
P.O. Box 7980, Madison, WI 53707.
AB454,136 3Section 136. Trans 253.045 of the administrative code is created to read:
AB454,33,5 4Trans 253.045 Permit amendments. (1) An application for an amendment
5to a permit shall be made to the issuing authority that issued the original permit.
AB454,33,7 6(2) An application for an amendment may be made in the same manner as an
7application for an original permit.
AB454,33,8 8(3) The request shall specify the permit number of the permit to be amended.
AB454,33,12 9(4) If the request involves streets or highways other than those within the state
10trunk highway system, the application for an amendment shall be accompanied by
11a written statement of route approval by the officer in charge of maintenance of the
12other street or highway.
AB454,137 13Section 137. Trans 253.05 (2) of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB454,33,1714 Trans 253.05 (2) Transportation in limited geographic area. The application
15may not seek authority to transport any commodity or goods on any highway located
16more than 11 miles from the Wisconsin-Michigan border or upon any highway or
17highway route not specified under s. 348.27 (9), Stats
.
AB454,138 18Section 138. Trans 253.05 (5) of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB454,33,2019 Trans 253.05 (5) Maximum gross weigh weight. The vehicle, including any
20load, may not exceed 154,000 164,000 pounds gross weight.
AB454,139 21Section 139. Trans 253.06 (4) of the administrative code is repealed.
AB454,140 22Section 140. Trans 253.06 (6) of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB454,34,223 Trans 253.06 (6) Permit carried on vehicle. The driver carries the permit with
24attached local road approval letters
in the vehicle and available for inspection by any

1police officer, representative of the department or any local authority or person in
2charge of maintaining the highway being used.
AB454,141 3Section 141. Trans 253.06 (16) of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB454,34,84 Trans 253.06 (16) Adverse weather and road conditions. A permit is not valid
5during periods when adverse weather or road conditions, such as fog, smoke, heavy
6rain, snow or ice, or wind velocity, impair the safety of a movement under the permit.
7The department may suspend a permit or any of the conditions of a permit because
8of seasonal highway conditions.
AB454,142 9Section 142. Trans 253.065 (title) of the administrative code is amended to
10read:
AB454,34,11 11Trans 253.065 (title) Times of operation ; permit conditions.
AB454,143 12Section 143. Trans 253.065 (2) and (3) of the administrative code are repealed.
AB454,144 13Section 144. Trans 253.065 (4) of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB454,34,2214 Trans 253.065 (4) The department may issue a permit for times other than
15those specified in sub. (1), (2) or (3), under extraordinary circumstances when, in the
16opinion of the department, public health and welfare is better served, and
may
17impose additional conditions on a permit to promote the safe operation of the vehicle
18and load. A permit is not valid for the operation of any vehicle upon class "B"
19highways, as classified in accordance with s. 348.16, Stats., with gross weights
20exceeding those permitted by statute on class "B" highways unless written
21permission has first been obtained from the officer in charge of the maintenance of
22the highway.
AB454,145 23Section 145. Trans 310.01 (2) of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB454,35,224 Trans 310.01 (2) This chapter applies to the use of safety restraint systems or
25safety belts by children under the age of 8, being transported in a motor vehicle. The

1term motor vehicle includes, but is not limited to, automobiles, station wagons, vans,
2trucks and motor homes.
AB454,146 3Section 146. Trans 310.04 (1) and (2) of the administrative code are
4consolidated, renumbered Trans 310.04 and amended to read:
AB454,35,11 5Trans 310.04 No person subject to the provisions of s. 347.48 (2m) (c) and (4)
6(am), Stats., may transport a child under the age of 4 in a motor vehicle 8 unless the
7child is properly restrained in a child safety restraint system. (2) No person subject
8to the provisions of s. 347.48 (2m) (c) and (4) (as) 4., Stats., may transport a child who
9is at least 4 years old but less than 8 years old in a motor vehicle unless the child is
10properly restrained in a child safety restraint system or a safety belt
transported in
11a manner compliant with s. 347.48 (4) (as), Stats
.
AB454,147 12Section 147. Trans 310.04 (note) of the administrative code is repealed.
AB454,148 13Section 148. Trans 310.05 (1) of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB454,35,1714 Trans 310.05 (1) A child under the age of 8 who, because of a medical condition,
15body size or a physical disability, is incapable of being transported in a child safety
16restraint system, may be transported without a safety restraint system or safety belt
17providing:
AB454,149 18Section 149. Trans 315.01 (2) of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB454,35,2119 Trans 315.01 (2) This chapter applies to all persons who are at least 4 8 years
20old and are subject to the safety belt installation and usage requirements of s. 347.48,
21Stats.
AB454,150 22Section 150. Trans 315.03 (1) of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB454,35,2523 Trans 315.03 (1) A person who is at least 4 8 years old is exempted from the
24provisions of s. 347.48 (2m), Stats., if the person cannot be properly restrained in a
25safety belt because of a physical or medical condition providing:
AB454,151
1Section 151. Trans 315.03 (2) of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB454,36,62 Trans 315.03 (2) A person at least 4 8 years old being transported in an
3authorized emergency vehicle as defined in s. 340.01 (3), Stats., when the vehicle is
4being operated in the performance of official duties, may be transported without a
5safety belt when the physical or medical needs of the person make restraint by safety
6belt unreasonable.
AB454,152 7Section 152. Trans 400.03 (note) of the administrative code is created to read:
AB454,36,23 8Trans 400.03 Applicability. (note) The National Environmental Policy Act
9(NEPA) requires the federal government to prepare environmental documentation
10for major federal actions. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation prepares the
11federal environmental documentation for review and approval by the federal
12government of actions for which federal funds are to be used by the department. The
13requirements for federally funded actions are followed by the department when
14federal funds are involved. These federally funded actions are also actions of the
15department to which the Wisconsin Environmental Policy Act (WEPA) applies.
16Finally, when the department pursues an action for which only state funds are
17involved, NEPA does not apply, but WEPA still applies. The intent of this chapter
18is to direct the department to follow NEPA and its implementing regulations for both
19NEPA and WEPA purposes when federal funds are involved in the proposed action.
20The intent is to apply WEPA and its implementing rules in this chapter when only
21state funds are involved in the proposed actions, but to make the WEPA
22implementing rules track the federal law and federal regulations as closely as
23possible.
AB454,153 24Section 153. Trans 400.04 (3) (note) of the administrative code is created to
25read:
AB454,37,3
1Trans 400.04 (3) (note) The specific versions of federal regulations and federal
2agency orders as referenced throughout this chapter are adopted in s. Trans 400.05
3and are reproduced at appendix 1 to this chapter.
AB454,154 4Section 154. Trans 400.04 (3) of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB454,37,145 Trans 400.04 (3) "Categorical exclusion" means an action which meets the
6definition of the term in the guidelines published by the United States council on
7environmental quality as a federal rule
in 40 CFR 1508.4, July 1, 1990, and the rule
8published jointly by the federal highway administration and urban mass transit
9administration of the United States department of transportation
and in 23 CFR
10771.117
, April 1, 1991, or the procedures published by 23 CFR 771.118, or chapter
116 of order 5050.4B of
the federal aviation administration of the United States
12department of transportation as order 5050.4A, chapter 3, paragraph 23, October 8,
131985
, or other actions of the department for which neither an EA, EIS nor other
14environmental documentation is required by this rule.
AB454,155 15Section 155. Trans 400.04 (4) of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB454,37,2016 Trans 400.04 (4) "Cooperating agency" means any Native American tribe, or
17any
local, state, or federal agency, other than the lead or transportation agency,
18which has jurisdiction by law over the proposed action or which has special expertise
19with respect to any relevant environmental effect generated by the proposed action
20or alternative.
AB454,156 21Section 156. Trans 400.04 (5) of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB454,37,2322 Trans 400.04 (5) "Department" means the Wisconsin department of
23transportation or a local agency when acting under the direction of the department.
AB454,157 24Section 157. Trans 400.04 (10) of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB454,38,7
1Trans 400.04 (10) "ER" or "environmental report" means a brief document used
2internally by the department to demonstrate a proposed action fits the criteria or
3conditions for approval as a categorical exclusion in 23 CFR 771.117 (d), April 1,
41991, or has met the review criteria of paragraph 23.a. of chapter 3 of federal aviation
5administration order 5050.4A of October 8, 1985,
under s. Trans 400.08 (1) (d) or has
6been properly coordinated with other agencies having jurisdiction by law over
7specific activities.
AB454,158 8Section 158. Trans 400.04 (15) of the administrative code is repealed.
AB454,159 9Section 159. Trans 400.04 (22m) of the administrative code is created to read:
AB454,38,1310 Trans 400.04 (22m) "Participating agency" means any Native American tribe
11or any local, state, or federal agency, other than the lead agency, with an interest in
12the project. "Participating agency" includes cooperating agencies but does not
13include nongovernmental organizations or other private entities.
AB454,160 14Section 160. Trans 400.04 (24) of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB454,38,1815 Trans 400.04 (24) "Reevaluation" means the review of a DEIS or FEIS an
16approved draft or final environmental document
to assess whether there have been
17significant changes in the proposed action, the affected human environment, the
18anticipated environmental impacts, or the proposed mitigation measures.
AB454,161 19Section 161. Trans 400.05 of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB454,39,7 20Trans 400.05 Federal regulations adopted. Federal regulations, 23 CFR
21771.115, 771.117, 771.119(a) and 771.123(a), April 1, 1998, adopted jointly by the
22federal highway administration and urban mass transit administration of the
23United States department of transportation, and its federal aviation administration
24order 5050.4A, chapter 3, paragraphs 20, 21, 22, and 23, October 8, 1985, pursuant
25to 40 CFR 1508.4, July 1, 1998, as approved by the United States council on

1environmental quality, and 40 CFR 1506.8 and 1508.17
References throughout this
2chapter to federal regulations and orders are to the following specific versions, which
3are hereby adopted by the department and are attached hereto in appendix 1: 23
4CFR 771.115
, 771.117, and 771.118, April 1, 2015; 40 CFR 1500.4, 1500.5, 1506.8,
5and 1508.4, July l, 2015; 49 CFR 266.19, October 1, 2014; and the United States
6department of transportation federal aviation administration order 5050.4B,
7chapters 6, 7, and 9, April 28, 2006
.
AB454,162 8Section 162. Trans 400.05 (note) of the administrative code is repealed.
AB454,163 9Section 163. Trans 400.06 (5) of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB454,39,1210 Trans 400.06 (5) Measures necessary to avoid, minimize and to mitigate for the
11mitigation of
adverse environmental impacts of proposed actions shall be part of the
12development and evaluation of alternatives.
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