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Bill would create $60 million DOT program for local traffic‑calming projects
Summary
Senate Bill 433, introduced Sept. 29, 2025, would direct the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to develop and administer a local traffic‑calming grant program and appropriate $60,000,000 from the state general fund for that program.
Senate Bill 433, introduced Sept. 29, 2025, would direct the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to develop and administer a local traffic‑calming grant program and appropriate $60,000,000 from the state general fund for that program. The measure was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Local Government.
Under the bill text, the appropriation is created as s. 20.395 (2) (ja) of the statutes and the grant program itself is established as s. 85.024. The statute directs DOT to award grants to counties, cities, villages, towns and federally recognized Indian tribes or bands for infrastructure projects that are eligible for funding under the federal Transportation Alternatives Program and that are designed to reduce the speed of vehicular traffic. The department is required to prescribe application forms and information requirements and to establish criteria for evaluating applications and awarding grants.
The Legislative Reference Bureau analysis printed with the bill summarizes the proposal as a DOT‑administered grant program intended to fund local infrastructure projects to slow traffic and notes the proposed $60,000,000 appropriation. The bill text specifies the funding source as the general fund (GPR) and describes the appropriation as a continuing appropriation for the local traffic‑calming grant program under s. 85.024.
The bill text lists the introducing senators as L. Johnson, Roys, Spreitzer, Carpenter, Dassler‑Alfheim, Drake, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Larson and Ratcliff and lists multiple cosponsoring members of the State Assembly. The bill was referred on introduction to the Committee on Transportation and Local Government. The bill includes a note that a state and local fiscal estimate will be printed as an appendix to the bill; the text of the fiscal estimate is not included in the document provided.
No votes, motions, amendments or committee actions are recorded in the provided text; the document is the introduced bill and statutory language as drafted.
