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Council approves $47,200 grant-funded feasibility study to examine Wausau MetroRide bus facility and expansion options

Wausau Common Council · April 15, 2026
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Summary

The council approved a grant-funded feasibility study for Wausau MetroRide after hearing the transit director say the existing bus barn is at capacity; the study cost was reported as $47,200 with an approximately $8,000 local match.

Wausau — The Wausau Common Council voted April 14 to fund a feasibility study examining the future of Wausau MetroRide’s operations and facilities. The transit director told council the current bus barn is full and constrains service expansion, describing safety and capacity problems that prompted the study.

The study was described in council as a revision of an earlier effort: an initial RFP had been done incorrectly, the city resubmitted and the grant…

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