FUNDING TRANSPORTATION
INTO THE FUTURE
FEDERAL
TRANSPORTATION
FUNDING UTILIZED
BY COUNTIES
WHAT DO COUNTIES OWN???
 ROAD MILES

18% OF TOTAL SYSTEM
 BRIDGES

22% OF STATEWIDE STRUCTURES
 STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT BRIDGES

7% OF THE WORST BRIDGES
CONDITION OF SYSTEM
 CONDITION IS NOT IMPROVING

ROADS ARE DETERIORATING AT A PACE WE CAN NOT
KEEP UP WITH

BRIDGES ARE AGING

TRAFFIC VOLUME AND WEIGHT INCREASES
FUNDING
 FUNDING IS INADEQUATE

FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL

LACK OF INTESTINAL FORTITUDE TO STEP UP
 NO ONE WANT TO BE THE ONE TO SAY THE “T” WORD
RECENT HISTORY OF FEDERAL
TRANSPORTATION BILLS
 TEA 21
 SIGNED INTO LAW JUNE 1998

10 EXTENSIONS
 SAFETY LU
 SIGNED INTO LAW AUGUST OF 2005

11 EXTENSIONS
 MAP 21
 SIGNED INTO LAW JULY 2012

3 EXTENSIONS, 4TH ON HORIZON
WHY IS FEDERAL SURFACE
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM
IMPORTANT TO COUNTIES?
 IT’S A FUNDING SOURCE!
 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM
 STP-URBAN
 STP-RURAL
 LOCAL BRIDGE IMPROVEMENT ASSISTANCE
STP-URBAN
 Allocates federal funds to complete a variety of
improvements to federal-aid-eligible roads, streets
and other projects in urban areas.

Projects lie within Urban Area boundary
Road must be classified as Collector or higher

PROVIDES ABOUT $61.5 MILLION ANNUALLY

STP-RURAL
 Allocates federal funds to complete a variety of
improvements to rural highways (primarily county
highways).

Objective of STP-R is to improve federal aid eligible highways
outside of urban areas. Projects must meet federal and state
requirements. Communities are eligible for funding on roads
classified as major collectors or higher.

PROVIDES ABOUT $26.6 MILLION ANNUALLY
Local Bridge Improvement Assistance
 Allocates funds to help rehabilitate and replace, on a
cost-shared basis, the most seriously deficient
existing local bridges on Wisconsin's local highway
systems.



Counties, cities, villages, and towns are eligible for
rehabilitation funding on bridges with sufficiency ratings of 80
or less, and replacement funding on bridges with sufficiency
ratings less than 50.
Over 1300 local bridges are currently eligible for funding
PROVIDES ABOUT $39.5 MILLION ANNUALLY
WHAT IS HAPPEING IN DC????
 Congress is back in session
 MAP-21 extension expires October 29th
 Senate passed 6 year Surface Transportation Bill in
July
 House is drafting their own version
 Intend to conference with Senate in the “Fall”
WHAT DO WE NEED??
 Surface Transportation Bill that is:

Long term

Sustainable

Sooner the better
 USDOT Secretary Anthony Foxx indicates the
Highway Trust Fund is solvent until next summer
WHAT CAN WE DO???
 NACo and NACE continue to monitor developments
 Updates are provide to each county’s Highway Commissioner
 Voice your concerns to elected representatives in DC.

Need for a long term, funded, sustainable Surface
Transportation Program to keep our country competitive on
the global market.
Questions?
 Mark Servi
 Barron County Highway Commissioner
 WCHA Past President
 NACE Past President
 Member, NACo Transportation Steering Committee

mark.servi@co.barron.wi.us