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Construction Update WIS 20-: Work on the culvert just east of Carver School Rd should be wrapped up this afternoon when we patch the road back in (see attached site photos). Once the asphalt cools enough we will open the barricades back up to local traffic. WIS 20 will remain closed to through traffic from County L to WIS 83 until next week. (see note below)   WIS 20 from County L to WIS 83 is scheduled to re-open later next week. The exact date isn’t known yet as the pavement markings are weather dependent and there is a little more work scheduled for Monday/Tuesday. When the date is known, I will send out an update specific to the re-opening.   For the section of WIS 20 in East Troy, most of the drums were picked up last night and traffic was set up for the winter configuration around the railroad tracks.   WIS 20 – Bell School Road to Honey Creek Rd (County Line area) This part of the project will decide when we are able to re-open WIS 20 between East Troy and Waterford. Below are the remaining operations that need to occur. Install Pavement Markings (Week of 11/11 but weather dependent) Punchlist activities   WIS 20 (East Troy) Traffic: Access to Bower’s Produce can be made by continuing east on WIS 20 from County L (East Troy) Access to Green Meadows can be made by going west on WIS 20 from WIS 83 (Waterford) Access to Culver’s will be by using WIS 20.   This Week: Completed the concrete work Completed the guardrail asphalt spraying yesterday Picked up drums and prepared the site for winter configuration   WIS 20 - County L to WIS 83 (Waterford) Traffic: Access to Bower’s Produce can be made by continuing east on WIS 20 from County L (East Troy) Access to Green Meadows can be made by going west on WIS 20 from WIS 83 (Waterford) Access to Witte Landscaping can be made by going west on WIS 20 from WIS 83 (Waterford)   This Week: Culvert Replacement by Carver School Rd   Next Week: Complete pavement markings Re-Open WIS 20.   If you do not want to receive these updates, please let me know and I can remove you from the distribution list. Also, WisDOT has a project website set up for information that is more general than this email but could be useful if needed. https://projects.511wi.gov/20wal/  

Posted on , by Jennifer Olson

WISER -Wisconsin Internet Self Report

This week, Senator Baldwin announced that Wisconsin is receiving $1.05 billion in federal funds through the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program to connect more Wisconsinites to high-speed internet. Funding comes after Senator Baldwin successfully pushed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to release an updated National Broadband Map that provided a more reliable and accurate depiction of broadband availability across Wisconsin. The BEAD program was established by the Baldwin-supported Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to expand high-speed internet access to areas currently unserved or underserved by funding planning, infrastructure deployment, and adoption programs.
The funding allocation relies on the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) National Broadband Map to determine areas of need and investment. After hearing from Wisconsin community members and stakeholders of inaccurate data in the FCC’s original National Broadband Map, Senator Baldwin successfully “badgered the FCC” – after repeated calls  – to correct the map’s broadband availability information to ensure Wisconsin gets its fair share of federal broadband funding in the future.

Under the program, Wisconsin will receive $1,055,823,573.71. The funding will be awarded to the state in two stages. First, 20% of the state’s allocation will be awarded with initial competitive sub grants expected in the summer of 2024. In 2025, the remaining 80% of the state’s allocation is expected to be awarded and the state will be principally responsible for administering awarded funds, with priority going to projects that bring broadband to unserved households and businesses lacking access to high-speed internet.