The Waukesha City Board of Public Works on Jan. 9 approved a state municipal agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation that documents maintenance responsibilities for intersecting streets after a DOT pavement replacement project on State Highway 59 (East Bypass) from Sunset to Arcadian.

City staff told the board the written agreement formalizes responsibilities that have been followed in practice but had not previously been memorialized in a contract. The agreement clarifies which entity is responsible for items such as storm sewer pipes and signing at intersecting streets once DOT finishes its work.

Board members asked whether the DOT project would include upgrades to a bike-path crossing in the project limits. Staff said the DOT pavement replacement will not include major changes to that crossing; pavement will be replaced and the additional signing that DOT recently added will remain. Staff said the DOT project is a pavement replacement rather than a major crossing reconstruction.

A motion to approve the agreement was moved, seconded and recorded as passing by recorded ayes.

No new maintenance responsibilities or funding shifts were proposed during the discussion; the action was to document and formalize maintenance roles moving forward with DOT.