April 10, 2024
WisDOT names new DBE program administrator
By Lane Kimble
A woman with experience in the public and private sectors will run WisDOT’s Disadvantaged Business Program moving forward. The Department announced Tiesha “Tie” Flemingas its new DBE Program Chief. Fleming replaces Madalena Maestri, who left…
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April 5, 2024
Communication, training key to utility compensation success, WisDOT tells WTBA Board
By Lane Kimble
MADISON, Wis. -- Change is hard. The new utility compensable delay bill the WTBA helped usher into law this legislative season is no exception to that rule. However, WisDOT says it’s committed to ensuring that…
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April 5, 2024
First $50 million of ARIP funding coming, but when and where?
By Lane Kimble
Some of the work to repair dozens – if not hundreds – of rural roads across Wisconsin could begin later this year. Key word being: some. Applications for the first $50 million of new Agricultural…
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March 29, 2024
Interchange with Integrity: How WTBA members are tackling key deadline head-on
By Lane Kimble
LODI, Wis. -- It feels a bit like deja vu for Becky Woller’s Integrity Grading & Excavating crews: shift interstate traffic to the other side of the freeway, tear down a bridge, and build a…
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