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WisDOT Disaster Damage Aids - Local Road Recovery

A Wisconsin financial-assistance program for local governments repairing highways that sustained significant damage from a disaster event.

Wisconsin Department of Transportation

Who should look at this?

Good fit for: Municipal, county or other eligible roadway authorities documenting significant tornado-related road or roadway-structure damage and related repair costs.

Potential audience: Wisconsin local governments responsible for eligible damaged highways

Eligibility depends on qualifying local-government roadway damage, program rules, required petitions and documentation. This state/local-highway pathway is distinct from FHWA Emergency Relief for federal-aid highways.

Government / Public Agency

What recovery capacity might it support?

Transportation & DeliveryMaterials & SuppliesVehicles & EquipmentSkilled Labor & TradesAdministrative & Operational Support

Availability: Standing Wisconsin local-government highway assistance program

Deadline: The local government must submit its Disaster Damage Aids petition to WisDOT within 60 days of the disaster event unless an extension is granted.

Funding / value: Varies by eligible roadway damage and program rules.

Do not confuse this with:

Not a general road-repair fund and not the same program as FHWA Emergency Relief. Federal-aid highway damage may belong under the separate Emergency Relief pathway instead.

Applicability

This is a standing Wisconsin roadway-recovery program. Local governments should confirm whether specific July 27 roadway damage meets program thresholds and application requirements.

Documentation and cost rules

Preserve damage assessments, photographs, engineering/project records, cost estimates, invoices, labor/equipment records and the required Disaster Damage Aids petition materials.

Prior authorization: varies

Previously incurred costs: potentially-eligible

The Hub is a starting point, not an eligibility determination. Confirm current rules with the administering organization before relying on a grant, reimbursement pathway, tax treatment, or operational resource.