Office of Governor Tony Evers *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:* November 20, 2025 Contact: [email protected]    *Gov. Evers, WisDOT Announce Transportation Economic Assistance Grant to Help Bring Manufacturing Business to Wisconsin, Support 33 Local Jobs *   MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), today announced the village of Slinger will receive a $165,000 Transportation Economic Assistance (TEA) program grant. The grant will help the hardware manufacturer Allegis Corporation relocate part of its business from Illinois to Wisconsin, supporting the creation of 33 new jobs, while establishing the infrastructure needed to support future economic development in a new commercial and industrial development in the area.

“Over the past six years, my administration and I have remained committed to investing in reliable infrastructure to help support and grow Wisconsin’s 21st-century economy in communities across the state,” said Gov. Evers. “With these strategic investments, we are proud to support the village of Slinger and our entire statewide economy by supporting the infrastructure necessary for companies like Allegis to relocate and expand in Wisconsin, bringing high-quality jobs for workers and stronger infrastructure for our communities.”

The grant announced today will help build a new road, Karius Court, within the recently established Merchant Village commercial and industrial development, located between Milwaukee and the Fox Valley. The new road will serve Allegis Corporation’s materials converting division, which is relocating from Libertyville, Illinois, and will also provide access to undeveloped sites within the business park, potentially leading to new economic development opportunities.

“This is a textbook example of why WisDOT’s TEA program exists,” said WisDOT Secretary Kristina Boardman. “Attracting new businesses and retaining the businesses we have through infrastructure improvements has been a key focus of this administration. We’re proud to deliver this grant to the village of Slinger, just as we’ve been proud to deliver the others, as we help keep Wisconsin’s economy moving forward.”

The TEA program provides financial assistance to communities to support transportation infrastructure improvements that aim to help attract new employers or encourage existing employers to expand. Since 2019, the Evers Administration has awarded 32 TEA grants to communities across the state, totaling more than $16 million for transportation improvement projects to support economic development. In total, these projects supported the creation of over 3,100 new jobs and retention of another 5,700 jobs across the state. In calendar year 2025, the Evers Administration has awarded four TEA grants to Wisconsin communities, totaling over$2 million and supporting the creation of 408 jobs.

“The village of Slinger appreciates the support provided by WisDOT through this TEA grant program,” said Slinger Village President Scott Stortz. “We’re excited to work with Three Leaf Partners in welcoming a new business and employer to the Merchant Village development.”

A municipal or county unit of government must sponsor a TEA application. The project must have the local government’s endorsement, and it must benefit the public. More information about the program, including instructions to apply for a grant, can be found here [ [link removed] ].

*ADDITIONAL EFFORTS BY THE EVERS ADMINISTRATION TO INVEST IN AND SUPPORT WISCONSIN’S TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE*

After years of neglect under the previous administration, Gov. Evers has made fixing Wisconsin’s roads and bridges and making sure the state’s infrastructure can meet the needs of a 21st-century workforce and a 21st-century economy a top priority. Since 2019, under his administration, the state has improved more than 8,600 miles of roads and 2,000 bridges statewide. In fact, Wisconsinites could drive from Wausau, Wisconsin, to Disney World in Orlando, Florida, and back three times on the number of miles of roads fixed.

In each of his biennial budgets, Gov. Evers has secured historic investments in Wisconsin’s transportation infrastructure, and improving Wisconsin’s roads and bridges continued to be a priority for the governor in the 2025-27 Biennial Budget.

The final 2025-27 Biennial Budget signed by Gov. Evers includes:

* Increasing General Transportation Aids (GTA) by three percent in both 2026 and 2027, which will provide municipalities with $33.2 million more over the biennium and counties with nearly $10 million over the biennium; 
* A historic increase of nearly $333 million over the biennium in the state highway rehabilitation program;  
* $100 million for the Local Roads Improvement Program;  
* Continuing support for the Agricultural Roads Improvement Program, created by Gov. Evers in the 2023-25 biennium, with a $150 million investment to continue repairing and improving Wisconsin’s rural roads to help farmers and producers and the state’s agricultural and forestry industries move products to market safely and efficiently, including $30 million specifically targeted to bridge and culvert repair;  
* $244.5 million to keep key projects, such as I-41 and I-39/90, on schedule; 
* A 10 percent increase to paratransit aids, increasing funding by $687,600 over the biennium;     
* Improving safety on Milwaukee County expressways with $38 million in expressway policing aids; and  
* $50 million for the harbor assistance program, including $15 million for the Menominee Harbor Project and $20 million for the Port of Green Bay.   
The 2025-27 Biennial Budget also improves ongoing transportation fund revenues by generating nearly $200 million in additional revenue to improve the sustainability of the transportation fund.
In addition to robust investments in transportation infrastructure statewide, the final 2025-27 Biennial Budget invests in local communities to ensure that they are able to address the unique needs of their constituents and bolster local infrastructure, including $14 million through municipal service payments to ensure local communities have the resources they need to meet basic and unique needs alike.

Gov. Evers also exercised his broad, constitutional veto authority to partially veto aspects of the budget that were outside of the bipartisan budget negotiations. More information about the bipartisan budget signed by Gov. Evers is available here [ [link removed] ].
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