Oneida Nation and Forest County receiving grants for infrastructure projects
by Ashley Kaster, FOX 11 News
Image courtesy Oneida Nation.
(WLUK) -- Transportation projects across the state are getting federal grants, including two in Northeast Wisconsin.
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Four Wisconsin infrastructure projects will receive RAISE Grant funding, totaling more than $31 million.
The following Wisconsin communities will receive support:
- The Oneida Nation will receive $2,952,050 to complete the engineering, design, and construction of the Oneida Transit bus garage.
- Forest County and the Potowatomi Community will receive $9,531,340 to construct an approximately 4.8-mile walking and biking path along US Highway 8 to link the City of Crandon, Wisconsin, the Forest County Potawatomi Community (FCPC) Stone Lake reservation lands, and the Otter Springs Recreation Area. The project will also construct an approximate 0.56-mile pathway within the FCPC Government complex, as well as an approximate 1.64 mile formal ATV-only trail.
- The City of Beloit will receive $13,476,269 to make safety improvements including a new bridge on Willowbrook Road, reconstruction of Willowbrook Road, reconstruction of Colley Road, multilane roundabouts at three intersections, and railroad crossing improvements.
- The City of Sheboygan will receive $5,341,931 to build a shared-use swing bridge for non-motorized travel, which will provide a safe pathway across the river. The project will promote modal shift and thereby reduce emissions, and seeks to improve at-risk infrastructure by considering improvements to the flood plain in the project area. The bridge will connect two waterfront districts located on either side of the Sheboygan River and provide access to work centers, recreational activities and other services to the community including those who are underserved, overburdened, or disadvantaged.
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The RAISE Discretionary Grant program invests in road, rail, transit and port projects that promise to achieve national objectives. The program was formerly known as the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) and Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grants.
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