Wisconsin Department of Transportation Accountability: October 2020

Accountability: October 2020

Performance measure	How we measure it	Current report period	Goal	Comments	Date last reported
Accountability: The continuous effort to use public dollars in the most efficient and cost-effective way.
Transportation Facilities Economic Assistance and Development (TEA) Grants Calendar year 2020	Capital investment dollars achieved per grant dollar awarded	$122.71	$50.00	The department awarded four grants totaling $1.7 million to four Wisconsin communities. The businesses involved in these four projects expect to make total capital investments of $229.7 million resulting in each grant dollar leveraging an average of $122.71 in capital investment.	7/2020
Timely Scheduling of Contracts State fiscal year 2020	Percent of highway program funding scheduled during the first six months of each fiscal year	42.5 percent	54.0	The department lost footing after four years of positive gains and is taking steps including the addition of an October letting to help keep larger projects moving forward earlier in the fiscal year.	10/2020
On-time Performance Calendar year 2019	Percent of highway projects completed on time	90.0 percent	100.0	The department will continue to focus on frequency and quality of communication to overcome challenges contractors encounter in the field.	10/2020
On-budget Performance State fiscal year 2019	Final highway project cost as percent of original contract amount	104.1	103.0	The department recorded a value of 104.1 percent for SFY 2019 which is below the industry average of 105 percent. The department has an aspirational goal of 103 percent. A lower number is better.	1/2020
Surplus Property Management State fiscal year-to-date 2020	Dollar value of surplus land sold	$2.75 mil.	$2.75 mil.	The department met its sales target with sales of 113 of the 136 parcels in the marketing plan. It’s unknown, at the time of this report, whether the COVID-19 pandemic is creating sales impacts.	7/2020