Current through July 29, 2024
Section Trans 6.06 - Capital grants(1) When awarding capital assistance funds under s. Trans 6.04(1) (c), the department shall consider the age and condition of items for which eligible applicants request funding, and the following funding hierarchy:(a) Urgent capital needs that, based on available information, the department deems critical to transportation safety, operations, or asset management;(b) Replacement of vehicles operated by existing systems;(c) Projects to initiate a public transportation service;(d) Replacement of maintenance and storage facilities of existing systems;(e) Purchase of vehicles by existing systems for expansion of transit services;(f) Expansion and rehabilitation of maintenance and storage facilities of existing systems;(g) Purchase and installation of passenger amenities for existing systems such as shelters and bus stop signs;(h) Capitalized maintenance projects for existing transit systems;(i) Mobility management projects;(j) Job access and reverse commute projects, except where the department evaluates these projects through a stand-alone process using a set-aside of section 5311 funds; an(k) Other capital projects for which the use of section 5311 is permitted under 49 USC chapter 53. (2) The department shall make awards until all allocated funds are committed. If available funds are not sufficient to fund all capital requests, then the department may, after consulting with applicants, reduce the scope or modify the timing of proposed projects to fit available funding.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Transportation § Trans 6.06
Cr. Register, April, 1984, No. 340, eff. 5-1-84; r. (1) (a), renum. (1) (b) to (g) to be (1) (a) to (f) and am. (1) (b), Register, November, 1985, No. 359, eff. 12-1-85; emerg. am. (1) (intro.), eff. 2-20-92; am. (1) (intro.), Register, June, 1992, No. 438, eff. 7-1-92.Amended by, CR 18-065: r. and recr. Register October 2020 No. 778, eff. 11-1-20; correction in (1) (a) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register October 2020 No. 778, eff. 11/1/2020