American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Since 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has obligated 100 percent of the recovery funds allocated to transportation projects in advance of the March 1, 2010 deadline. A total of $26.6B has been allocated to more than 12,000 road, highway, and bridge projects across the country.

In total, the Recovery Act provided $529.1M to Wisconsin for state and local highway and bridge projects. About 30% of this total, or about $158M, was made available for local roads and bridges.

Sources: FHWA, Wisconsin DOT


Wisconsin DOT

Spann & Associates, LLC is proud to serve the people of Wisconsin through Wisconsin DOT consultant services.

Link: WisDOT homepage

News

New Employee Update

September, 2010

Spann & Associates is pleased to announce a new colleague, Mr. Kevin DeGrave. Mr. DeGrave is a UWM alum and classmate of Eric Adamski. Kevin’s first anticipated assignment is the USH41/STH29 Final Design. We look forward to having Kevin as part of the team.

New Location

August, 2010

Spann & Associates has moved to its new location at W175 N11086 Stonewood Drive Suite B. The new location will have enough space for our growing Transportation, Survey, and Construction Services departments.

New Employee Update

April/May 2010

Spann & Associates is pleased to add two new members to its staff, Mr. J. Bradford Meyer and Mr. Kenya Jenkins. Bradford Meyer has several years of site/civil and environmental design service and will begin working on an Environmental Assessment for High Speed Rail stations in communities between Milwaukee and Madison as part of the Midwest Regional Rail System (MWRRS). Mr. Jenkins has experience in land survey and plan preparation, and is anticipated to help with final design for the US-41/WI-29 Interchange and High Speed Passenger Rail Design.

High Speed Passenger Rail Design

March, 2010

The Midwest Regional Rail Initiative (MWRRI) is an ongoing effort to develop an improved and expanded passenger rail system in the Midwest – The Midwest Regional Rail System (MWRRS). The Wisconsin portion of Phase I of the MWRRI is defined as the implementation of high speed train service up to 110 mph on the Chicago-Milwaukee-Madison corridor. The Milwaukee-Madison portion is a service extension and an integral part of the MWRRS network; Heather Stabo will be involved in the final design of this corridor in partnership with HNTB.

US-41/WI-29 Interchange Design

February, 2010

The final design for the interchange of USH 41 and STH 29 in Brown County, WI has begun. Richard Klassen will be working with Kapur & Associates for the project design team including HNTB and Graef. Phase one should be complete during the second quarter of 2010.

Design Update

January, 2010

Design work has resumed for the Zoo Interchange. Omer Inegol will be leading Spann & Associates' contribution to the FORWARD 45 traffic design team.

Zoo Interchange Design

December, 2009

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is currently undertaking an environmental and engineering analysis of the Zoo Interchange. The Zoo Interchange, currently the busiest in the state, is the connection between I-94, I-894, and US-45 in western Milwaukee County near the Milwaukee County Zoo.

Spann & Associates, LLC is a team member of FORWARD 45 involved in conducting environmental and engineering work now through the mid 2011. The study phase includes developing alternatives to improve the corridor, evaluating the impacts of those alternatives, preparing a document that addresses environmental concerns, selecting a preferred alternative and conceptual design for the preliminary phase of the project. Our colleague, Omer Inegol, is involved in developing design alternatives, conducting freeway traffic analysis for the year of 2035 developed alternatives.