The Improvement and Services Committee on Oct. 1 approved a state/municipal financial agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for work on State Trunk Highway 29 (Shawano Avenue) between Taylor Street and Monroe Avenue and authorized the director to execute the agreement.

Staff said the project will include reconstruction between Oakland and Hudson and targeted pavement repairs from Hudson to Taylor. The agreement divides design costs with the state and contemplates the state assuming construction responsibility. Assistant Department of Public Works staff summarized the preliminary cost table attached to the emailed agreement: engineering estimated at roughly $493,000, of which about $370,000 would be covered by the state; construction preliminarily estimated at about $3.2 million and shown as 100% state-funded in the draft agreement.

Committee members confirmed they had received the emailed agreement and discussed the DOT numbering (the agenda packet lists DOT project 4180-09-00/70, with separate numbers for design and construction phases). Elder Eck moved to approve the agreement and authorize the director to sign; Elder Dewey seconded. The committee voted in favor.

The vote authorizes the director to execute the state/municipal financial agreement; final construction work and schedules remain subject to DOT programming and any required permits or further council approvals.