A Wisconsin financial-assistance program for local governments repairing highways that sustained significant damage from a disaster event.
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
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. Separate federal Emergency Relief may apply to federal-aid highways.
Availability: Standing Wisconsin local-government highway assistance program
Deadline: Program-specific petition and documentation timelines apply; contact WisDOT promptly after qualifying damage.
Funding / value: Varies by eligible roadway damage and program rules.
Not household, nonprofit or private-business assistance, and not a general debris or public-works reimbursement program for costs unrelated to eligible highways.
This is a standing Wisconsin roadway-recovery program. Local governments should confirm whether specific July 27 roadway damage meets program thresholds and application requirements.
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
Source type: Official Wisconsin government
Last checked by the Hub: Aug 16, 2026, 8:19 PM CDT
Phone: 608-267-1842
Email: jarrett.debruin@dot.wi.gov