84.013(1)(a)2.b.
b. Adding one or more lanes 5 miles or more in length to the existing highway.
84.013(1)(a)3.
3. Improving to freeway standards 10 miles or more of an existing divided highway having 2 or more lanes in either direction.
84.013(1)(b)
(b) "Reconditioning" means work in addition to resurfacing. "Minor reconditioning" includes pavement widening and shoulder paving. "Major reconditioning" includes improvement of an isolated grade, curve, intersection or sight distance problem to improve safety. Major reconditioning projects may require additional property acquisition.
84.013(1)(c)
(c) "Reconstruction" means total rebuilding of an existing highway to improve maintainability, safety, geometrics and traffic service. It is accomplished basically on existing alignment, and major elements may include flattening of hills and grades, improvement of curves, widening of the roadbed, and elimination or shielding of roadside obstacles. Normally reconstruction will require additional property acquisition.
84.013(1)(d)
(d) "Resurfacing" means placing a new surface on an existing highway to provide a better all-weather surface and a better riding surface, and to extend or renew the pavement life. It generally involves no improvement in capacity or geometrics. Resurfacing may include some elimination or shielding of roadside obstacles, culvert replacements, signals, marking, signing and intersection improvements. Usually no additional property acquisition is required; except possible minor acquisition for drainage and intersection improvements.
84.013(3)
(3) The department may proceed with construction of the following major highway projects:
84.013(3)(ab)
(ab) STH 11 extending approximately 7.6 miles from west of Burlington to STH 36/83 east of Burlington, designated as the Burlington bypass, in Walworth and Racine counties.
84.013(3)(ac)
(ac) USH 12 extending approximately 11.6 miles from the junction of USH 12 and I 90/94 to approximately 0.75 miles south of Ski Hi Road in Sauk County.
84.013(3)(ae)
(ae) USH 53 extending approximately 6.2 miles between I 90 and USH 14/61 near 7th Street in La Crosse, La Crosse County.
84.013(3)(ag)
(ag) STH 57 extending approximately 17.3 miles from the junction of STH 57 with CTH "A" to STH 42 in Kewaunee and Door counties.
84.013(3)(ai)
(ai) USH 141 extending approximately 15.4 miles between Lemere Road and 6th Road in Oconto and Marinette counties.
84.013(3)(ak)
(ak) USH 151 extending approximately 18 miles between the junction of USH 151 and CTH "HH" south of Dickeyville to west of Belmont in Grant and Lafayette counties.
84.013(3)(dm)
(dm) USH 51 between CTH "S" and USH 8, designated as the Tomahawk bypass 2nd roadway, in Lincoln County.
84.013(3)(kb)
(kb) USH 151 extending approximately 18.2 miles between USH 151 west of Belmont and STH 23 south of Dodgeville, designated as the Belmont to Dodgeville project, in Lafayette and Iowa counties.
84.013(3)(kg)
(kg) STH 16 and STH 16/67 extending approximately 7.4 miles from the junction of STH 16 with the Rock River to the STH 16/67 interchange east of Oconomowoc, designated as the Oconomowoc bypass, in Jefferson and Waukesha counties.
84.013(3)(km)
(km) USH 53 extending approximately 7.5 miles between USH 53 south of the USH 53/STH 93 interchange in Eau Claire and the USH 53/STH 124 interchange south of Chippewa Falls, designated as the Eau Claire Freeway, in Eau Claire and Chippewa counties.
84.013(3)(pe)
(pe) STH 17 extending approximately 3.25 miles from the intersection of STH 17 and Birchwood Drive to USH 8 approximately 0.16 miles east of Germond Road, designated as the Rhinelander relocation, in Oneida County.
84.013(3)(pm)
(pm) STH 26 extending approximately 48 miles between I 90 in Janesville and STH 60 north of Watertown in Rock, Jefferson, and Dodge counties.
84.013(3)(ps)
(ps) I 39/USH 51 extending approximately 8 miles from south of Fox Glove Road to north of Bridge Street, designated as the Wausau beltline, in Marathon County.
84.013(3)(ra)
(ra) STH 23 between STH 67 and USH 41 in Sheboygan and Fond du Lac counties.
84.013(3)(rb)
(rb) The Rock County transportation plan, consisting of STH 11 extending southeasterly approximately 6.1 miles between STH 11 west of Janesville and the intersection of USH 51 and STH 351, designated as the Janesville bypass, and STH 81 and STH 213 extending southerly approximately 2.5 miles between STH 213 west of Beloit and the state line, designated as the Beloit bypass, in Rock County.
84.013(3)(re)
(re) USH 12 extending approximately 18.2 miles between the USH 12/14 interchange area in Middleton and STH 60 in Dane and Sauk counties.
84.013(3)(rg)
(rg) STH 13 extending approximately 5.0 miles between USH 10 and Lincoln Avenue, designated as the Marshfield mobility study, in Wood and Marathon counties.
84.013(3)(rj)
(rj) STH 64 extending approximately 14.3 miles between STH 64 northeast of Houlton and STH 65 east of New Richmond, designated as the Houlton to New Richmond project, in St. Croix County.
84.013(3)(rm)
(rm) USH 151 between CTH "D" and STH 149, designated as the Fond du Lac bypass, in Fond du Lac County.
84.013(3)(rp)
(rp) STH 57 extending approximately 10.5 miles between I 43 and STH 57 approximately 0.5 mile north of the southern Sheboygan County line, in Ozaukee and Sheboygan counties.
84.013(3)(tc)
(tc) USH 12 extending between USH 12 approximately 1.5 miles northwest of Whitewater and USH 12 approximately 1.0 mile east of CTH "P", designated as the Whitewater bypass, in Jefferson and Walworth counties.
84.013(3)(te)
(te) STH 31 between STH 11 and STH 142 in Racine and Kenosha counties.
84.013(3)(tg)
(tg) STH 35 between I 94 and CTH "U" in St. Croix County.
84.013(3)(tm)
(tm) STH 50 between Slades Corners and USH 12 in Kenosha and Walworth counties.
84.013(3)(tp)
(tp) STH 57 between STH 54 and CTH "A" in Brown and Kewaunee counties.
84.013(3)(tr)
(tr) STH 110 between USH 41 and approximately 1.5 miles north of STH 116 in Winnebago County.
84.013(3)(tv)
(tv) USH 141 between the USH 141/41 interchange near Abrams and approximately 1.0 mile north of STH 22 in Oconto County.
84.013(3)(tx)
(tx) USH 41 between the USH 141/41 interchange near Abrams and STH 145 in Oconto, Brown, Outagamie, Winnebago, Fond du Lac, Dodge and Washington counties.
84.013(3)(wg)
(wg) A state trunk highway in the city of Milwaukee extending from the southerly terminus of the Daniel Webster Hoan Memorial Bridge southerly approximately 3 miles on or adjacent to the Chicago and Northwestern railroad right-of-way to the intersection with East Layton Avenue, designated as the Lake Arterial project, in Milwaukee County.
84.013(3)(xb)
(xb) USH 151 between the south interchange with STH 73 south of Columbus and USH 41 at Fond du Lac.
84.013(3)(yd)
(yd) STH 29 between Green Bay and I 94, in Brown, Shawano, Marathon, Clark, Chippewa and Dunn counties.
84.013(3)(ye)
(ye) USH 10 between Appleton and Marshfield, in Winnebago, Outagamie, Waupaca, Portage and Wood counties.
84.013(3)(zb)
(zb) USH 41 extending from 1.5 miles south of Frog Pond Road in Oconto County to 1.3 miles north of Schacht Road in Marinette County.
84.013(3)(zd)
(zd) USH 14 from approximately 2 miles west of Westby to 1.5 miles south of Viroqua in Vernon County.
84.013(3)(zh)
(zh) USH 18 from Main Street in the city of Prairie du Chien to STH 60 in the town of Bridgeport in Crawford County.
84.013(3)(zp)
(zp) USH 41 from 0.5 miles south of STH 26 to 0.5 miles north of Breezewood Lane in the city of Neenah in Winnebago County.
84.013(3)(zt)
(zt) USH 41 from Orange Lane in the town of Lawrence, one mile south of CTH "F" to CTH "M" in Brown County.
84.013(3m)(a)(a) The department shall complete any major highway project involving STH 29 from Green Bay to Chippewa Falls in Brown, Shawano, Marathon, Clark and Chippewa counties by December 31, 2000.
84.013(3m)(b)
(b) The department shall complete all of the following highway rehabilitation projects:
84.013(3m)(b)1.
1. STH 20 beginning at Roosevelt Avenue and extending to West Boulevard in the city of Racine by December 31, 1998.
84.013(3m)(b)2.
2. STH 20 beginning at Oakes Road and extending to Roosevelt Avenue in the town of Mount Pleasant by December 31, 1999.
84.013(3m)(b)3.
3. STH 20 beginning at West Boulevard and extending to Marquette Street in the city of Racine by December 31, 2002.
84.013(3m)(c)
(c) The department shall complete the design work for any major highway project involving STH 57 between CTH "A" near Dyckesville and STH 42 in Kewaunee and Door counties by December 31, 2003.
84.013(4)(a)(a) Subject to
s. 13.489 (1m), in preparation for future major highway projects, the department may perform preliminary engineering and design work and studies for possible major highway projects not listed under
sub. (3), but no major highway may be constructed unless the project is listed under
sub. (3) or approved under
sub. (6).
84.013(4)(b)
(b) The department may not, within any 6-year period, construct a highway project consisting of separate contiguous projects which do not individually qualify as major highway projects but which in their entirety would constitute a major highway project without first submitting the project to the transportation projects commission for its recommendations and report and without specific authorization under
sub. (3), except as provided in
par. (c) and
sub. (6).
84.013(4)(c)
(c) The department may construct highway projects involving STH 59 between STH 164 on the eastern edge of the city of Waukesha and Calhoun Road in Waukesha County and STH 59 from Calhoun Road to the Waukesha County line in Waukesha County without first submitting the projects to the transportation projects commission for its recommendations and report and without specific authorization under
sub. (3).
84.013(5)
(5) Commencing with the 1985-87 biennial budget bill and biennially thereafter, the department shall request adjustments to the list of major highway projects under
sub. (3) as listed projects are completed, projects are approved under
sub. (6) and new projects are ready for construction. The department shall submit the proposed biennial adjustments for major highway projects to the transportation projects commission for review and recommendation as provided under
s. 13.489.
84.013(6)
(6) If following the enactment of the biennial budget bill the department determines that a highway project which was initially planned or designed as a reconditioning, reconstruction or resurfacing project is a major highway project and is ready for construction, the department shall submit the proposal for the specific project to the transportation projects commission for review and recommendation as provided under
s. 13.489. After the transportation projects commission has submitted its report on the project, the department may request approval of the specific project as a major highway project from the joint committee on finance. If the joint committee on finance approves the project, the committee shall make such transfer of funds among the highway appropriations as deemed necessary and the department may proceed with construction.
84.013(6m)
(6m) Notwithstanding
sub. (1) (a), if a highway improvement project within the corporate limits of a city, village or town has a cost of more than $2,000,000, the city, village or town may, by resolution, petition the transportation projects commission to designate the project as a major highway project. This subsection does not apply to a highway improvement project on a freeway within the corporate limits of a city, village or town. The department may not construct a highway improvement project designated as a major highway project by the transportation projects commission under this subsection without specific authorization under
sub. (3).
84.013(9)
(9) If the department, in consultation with the department of commerce, determines that a business development having a payroll exceeding $10,000,000 in a calendar year is being located within a 3-mile radius of the intersection of I 90 and Town Line Road in Rock County, the department shall construct an interchange funded from the appropriations under
s. 20.395 (3) (cq) to
(cx) off of I 90 to Town Line Road.
84.014
84.014
Southeast Wisconsin freeway rehabilitation; Marquette interchange reconstruction project. 84.014(1)(a)
(a) "Interim repair" means any improvement not specified in a notice given under
s. 84.01 (17) that is needed to remedy unanticipated roadway deficiencies.
84.014(1)(b)
(b) "Marquette interchange" means all highways, including ramps and shoulders, encompassing I 43, I 94, and I 794 in Milwaukee County within the area bordered by 25th Street to the west, North Avenue to the north, the southern end of Burnham Canal to the south, and the Milwaukee River to the east.
84.014(1)(c)
(c) "Reconstruction" means the rebuilding of highways and bridges, including improvements to enhance highway safety, design, or capacity. The term includes activities associated with such rebuilding, including design engineering, traffic mitigation, property acquisition, and utility facility relocation. The term does not include interim repairs.
84.014(1)(d)
(d) "Rehabilitation" means the reconditioning, reconstruction, or resurfacing, as defined in
s. 84.013 (1) (b) to
(d), of a freeway or the adding of one or more lanes to the freeway, and includes interim repairs.
84.014(1)(e)
(e) "Southeast Wisconsin freeway" means a state trunk highway, located in Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth, Washington, or Waukesha county, that has 4 or more lanes of traffic physically separated by a median or barrier and that gives preference to through traffic by limiting access to interchanges only.
84.014(2)
(2) Subject to
ss. 84.555 and
86.255, any southeast Wisconsin freeway rehabilitation projects, including the Marquette interchange reconstruction project and projects that involve adding one or more lanes 5 miles or more in length to the existing freeway, may be funded only from the appropriations under
ss. 20.395 (3) (cr),
(ct),
(cw), and
(cy) and
20.866 (2) (uum) and
(uup).
84.014(3)
(3) The department may not expend from the appropriations under
s. 20.395 (3) (cr) and
(cy) more than $160,643,900 in the 2001-03 fiscal biennium for the Marquette interchange reconstruction project, unless the expenditure of more funds is approved or modified and approved by the joint committee on finance. From funds that would otherwise be expended from the appropriations under
s. 20.395 (3) (cr) and
(cy) for other southeast Wisconsin freeway rehabilitation projects, the department may exceed the expenditure limit for the 2001-03 fiscal biennium to meet project deadlines if the department makes a reduction in subsequent allocations for the Marquette interchange reconstruction project that is equal to the amount by which the applicable expenditure limit was exceeded.
84.014(4)
(4) The department may transfer the funding of southeast Wisconsin freeway rehabilitation projects between the appropriations for
s. 20.395 (3) (cr) and
(cy) to minimize project costs.
84.014(5)
(5) The department shall design the reconstruction of I 94 in Milwaukee and Waukesha counties, other than the Marquette interchange, to allow for expansion of capacity for vehicular traffic on I 94 in these counties to meet the projected vehicular traffic capacity needs, as determined by the department, for 25 years following the completion of such reconstruction.
84.014(5m)(a)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the department may not expend any moneys from the appropriations under
s. 20.395 (3) (cr),
(cw), and
(cy) for a southeast Wisconsin freeway rehabilitation project that involves adding one or more lanes 5 miles or more in length to the existing freeway unless the project is specifically enumerated in a list under
par. (b).
84.014(5m)(b)
(b) The department may proceed with the following southeast Wisconsin freeway rehabilitation projects:
84.014(5m)(b)1.
1. No projects are enumerated under this paragraph as of July 30, 2002.
84.014 History
History: 2001 a. 16,
109;
2005 a. 25.
84.015
84.015
Federal highway aid accepted. 84.015(1)
(1) The state of Wisconsin assents to the provisions of Title 23, USC and all acts of congress amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto. The state of Wisconsin declares its purpose and intent to give assent to all federal highway acts and to make provisions that will insure receipt by this state of any federal highway aids that have been or may be allotted to the state including all increased and advanced appropriations, and insure that such highways and related facilities in this state as may be eligible to be improved or constructed in accordance with any such federal highway acts may be improved, constructed and maintained in accordance therewith. The good faith of the state is pledged to make available funds sufficient to adequately carry out such construction and maintenance.
84.015(2)
(2) The department may enter into all contracts and agreements with the United States relating to the construction and maintenance of streets and highways and related facilities under Title 23, USC and all acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, submit such scheme or program of construction and maintenance as may be required by said code or rules and regulations of the United States promulgated thereunder and do all other things necessary fully to carry out the cooperation contemplated and provided for by said code.
84.015 History
History: 1977 c. 29 s.
1654 (8) (a).
84.02
84.02
State trunk highway system. 84.02(1)
(1)
Designation. The system of highways known as the trunk highway system heretofore selected and laid out by the legislature and by the highway commission and by special legislative state trunk highway committees and approved by said highway commission and as revised, altered and changed by and under authority vested by law in the highway commission, is hereby validated and confirmed and designated the state trunk highway system but without prejudice to the exercise of the power given to change such system, and all acts by which parts of said system were heretofore adopted or declared to be trunk highways are confirmed and validated.
Section 82.19 (2) does not apply to the state trunk highway system.
84.02(2)
(2) County line highways apportioned. The apportionment heretofore made by the highway commission of portions of the state trunk highway system that lie on county lines is hereby ratified. The portion of such county line highways assigned to any county shall be considered as lying wholly within such county, and all the provisions for construction and maintenance shall apply to such portion just as though it lay wholly within the county to which assigned. Bridges on the state trunk highway system which span streams forming the boundary between 2 counties shall be considered as lying one-half in each county.
84.02(3)(a)(a) Changes may be made in the state trunk system by the department, if it deems that the public good is best served by making the changes. The department, in making the changes, may lay out new highways by the procedure under this subsection. Due notice shall be given to the localities concerned of the intention to make changes or discontinuances, and if the change proposes to lay a highway via a new location and the distance along such deviation from the existing location exceeds 2 1/2 miles, then a hearing in or near the region affected by the proposed change shall be held prior to making the change effective. The notice shall also be given to the secretary of natural resources either by registered mail or personally. Whenever the department decides to thus change more than 2 1/2 miles of the system the change shall not be effective until the decision of the department has been referred to and approved by the county board of each county in which any part of the proposed change is situated. A copy of the decision shall be filed in the office of the clerk of each county in which a change is made or proposed. Where the distance along the deviation from the existing location exceeds 5 miles the change shall constitute an addition to the state trunk highway system. The preexisting route shall continue to be a state trunk highway unless the county board of each county in which any part of the relocation lies and the department mutually agree to its discontinuance as a state trunk highway. Whenever such county board or boards and the department cannot so agree the department shall report the problem to the next ensuing session of the legislature for determination.
84.02(3)(b)
(b) The action of any town, village or county board or city council discontinuing, relocating or altering any highway on the state trunk system shall be void unless the department approves the same in writing.
84.02(4)
(4) Guideboards; warnings; route marking.
