WI-2022-021

Purpose

This grant will utilize $5,817,640 in FY20 BUILD grant funds to undertake the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Transportation Renewal Project. This grant is funded at 100% federal share. The project will create jobs (both short-term construction related jobs and long-term full-time equivalent (FTE) positions) and facilitate economic development by adding capacity to meet the transportation need, expanding transportation options, improving/maintaining roadways for users, centralizing transportation operations services and departments, and improving the overall quality of life.

Activities to be Performed

The project will design and construct a new approximately 22,000 sq. ft. transportation center on a tribal-owned unimproved parcel off State Highway 13, replace aging roadway equipment, and add buses to Miskwaabekong Transit Service (funded separately). The transportation center will serve as a multi-use facility for the Miskwaabekong Transit Service. It will be the main administrative center, bus and equipment maintenance shop, and garage. The multi-purpose facility will include storage and maintenance bays, electric vehicle charging stations, a workshop, a training center for transportation workforce development (in cooperation with WEDC and Softec Education), and transportation-related office space. The site development will include paved access driveway and parking, selective lot clearing, underground utilities connection, a well water system, two stormwater retention and treatment basins, onsite wastewater treatment system, perimeter fencing, and signage. Transportation equipment to be acquired includes: two (2) 80,000 GVW combined plow trucks with snow equipment, one (1) 54,000 lbs excavator, one (1) 181 HP motor grader, one (1) grader snow wing and plow, one (1) 230 HP wheel loader, one (1) loader snow wing and plow.

Expected Outcomes

- Increased public access to roadways
- Improved response time for snow plowing and roadway maintenance needs
- Improved transit system level of service and increased passenger counts due to better access, vehicle condition, and roadway conditions
- Increased roadway condition ratings due to increased maintenance capacity
- Increased transit access to employment, education, health care, shopping, and recreational opportunities
- Fostered coordination with transportation-related efforts by centralizing transportation-related offices

Intended Beneficiaries

General public stakeholders incl. National Park Service, residents (tribal/non-tribal), tourists, landowners, commercial developers, utility companies, governmental entities (town, county, state, and federal), and tribal businesses.

Subrecipient Activities

None

Attachments to this Application

Attachments to this application include the FY20 BUILD terms and conditions, signed BUILD paper grant agreement dated 4/14/22, and NEPA environmental documents and approval signed 10/20/21.

RED Cliff Band Of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Of Wisconsin

20.933 - National Infrastructure Investments

FTA Region 5 [DOT - FTA]

FTA Office of Budget and Policy [DOT - FTA]

Wisconsin United States

State-Wide

None