On Thursday, July 25, 2024, Gov. Tony Evers visited grant recipients in Tripoli to highlight projects that received funding through the new Agricultural Roads Improvement Program (ARIP). He was joined by Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Assistant Deputy Secretary Joel Nilsestuen.
Lincoln County received over $3.5 million to improve local roads and infrastructure along County Highway YY.
The day prior, Gov. Evers and WisDOT Secretary Craig Thompson announced nearly $50 million in state investments through the ARIP to help support 37 projects across 28 Wisconsin counties. The projects are aimed at helping support Wisconsin’s farmers, producers, and agricultural industries by improving rural roads and bridges that are critical to moving and transporting products, crops, and livestock, among others, efficiently and effectively across the state. In June 2023, Gov. Evers signed 2023 Wisconsin Act 13 to expand the Local Roads Improvement Program to include agricultural road improvement projects by creating the ARIP. Weeks later, in July 2023, Gov. Evers signed the 2023-25 biennial budget, which provided $150 million for the ARIP to improve transportation infrastructure that provides access to agricultural lands or facilities.
Gov. Evers visits Tripoli to highlight support for road infrastructure – Merrill Foto News
