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2025

• ​February 12:​ Public input requested for US 12 and Larkin Street intersection, Tomah​

2024

• November 11​: WisDOT, local officials celebrate completion of the WIS 130-Lone Rock bridges crossing the Wisconsin River​
  
• September 25: WisDOT, WCHA, Baraboo officials remind drivers ‘you play a role in work zone safety’​​
  
• September 4: Public meeting for I-90/94 interchange bridges in Tomah
• April 11: Public meeting for WIS 81 and WIS 213/McKinley Ave intersection in Rock County
• April 4: Governor Evers approves US 51 and County B/AB improvements, Dane County

• April 4: Governor Evers approves WIS 89 improvements, Waterloo to Columbus
• April 4: Governor Evers approves WIS 108 improvements, La Crosse County
• April 3: Public input requested for WIS 133 project, Potosi to McCartney, in Grant County
• April 3: Public input requested for WIS 39, Mineral Point to Hollandale, in Iowa County
• April 3: Public meeting for US 12 (Wisconsin Dells Parkway) and WIS 13 in Sauk County

• April 1: Merrimac Ferry opens for the 2024 season
• March 29: Governor Evers approves I-90/94 improvements, Wisconsin Dells to Portage
• March 22: Governor Evers approves WIS 27 improvements, Crawford County
• March 18: Governor Evers approves US 14 improvements, Westby
• March 18: Governor Evers approves WIS 33 improvements, Vernon County

• March 15: US 18/151 construction project in Dane County scheduled to resume March 18
• March 14: Public meeting for WIS 81 and US 51 curb ramps in Beloit
• March 11: Governor Evers approves US 51/Center Avenue improvements, Janesville
• March 8: Governor Evers approves US 12 improvements, Sauk County
• March 7: Governor Evers approves I-94 westbound bridge improvements, Jefferson County

• March 5: Public meeting for US 14 in Sauk County
• March 5: Public input requested for WIS 136 retaining wall project in Sauk County
• March 1: Governor Evers approves WIS 19 intersection improvements, Sun Prairie
• March 1: Governor Evers approves WIS 33 improvements, Columbia County
• February 28: Public meeting for WIS 213 in Rock County

• February 21: I-39/90/94 and WIS 60 interchange project resumes February 22
• February 15: Public meeting for I-39 in Dane County
• February 14: Construction set to resume on WIS 33 in Baraboo, Columbia County
• February 14: Public meeting for WIS 33 in Columbia County
• February 12: Governor Evers approves WIS 19 improvements, Dane County

• February 12: Public input requested for US 151 in Dodge County
• February 9: WisDOT to host public involvement meeting for WIS 35 Corridor Study, La Crosse
• February 2: Public meeting for US 12/18 and County W/Oak Park Road in Dane County
• January 23: Public meeting for WIS 60 in Crawford and Richland counties
• January 23: Public meeting for US 18/151 and County YZ intersection in Iowa County

• January 10: Public meeting for County T bridges over the Wisconsin River, Grant and Richland counties
• January 10: Public meeting for WIS 213 project in Rock County
• January 8: Public input requested for WIS 131, La Farge to Ontario, in Vernon County
• January 3: Public meeting for US 18 in Crawford County
• January 3: Public meeting for US 18 in Grant County

2023

• December 19: Merrimac ferry to close for the season Thursday