(1) In this section:
(a) "Major highway project" means a project, except a project providing an approach to a bridge over a river that forms a boundary of the state or a southeast Wisconsin freeway rehabilitation project under s. 84.014 , which has a total cost of more than $5,000,000 and which involves any of the following:
1. Constructing a new highway 2.5 miles or more in length.
2. Reconstructing or reconditioning an existing highway by either of the following:
a. Relocating 2.5 miles or more of the existing highway.
b. Adding one or more lanes 5 miles or more in length to the existing highway.
3. Improving to freeway standards 10 miles or more of an existing divided highway having 2 or more lanes in either direction.
(b) "Reconditioning" means work in addition to resurfacing. "Minor reconditioning" includes pavement widening and shoulder paving. "Major reconditioning" includes improvement of an isolated grade, curve, intersection or sight distance problem to improve safety. Major reconditioning projects may require additional property acquisition.
(c) "Reconstruction" means total rebuilding of an existing highway to improve maintainability, safety, geometrics and traffic service. It is accomplished basically on existing alignment, and major elements may include flattening of hills and grades, improvement of curves, widening of the roadbed, and elimination or shielding of roadside obstacles. Normally reconstruction will require additional property acquisition.
(d) "Resurfacing" means placing a new surface on an existing highway to provide a better all-weather surface and a better riding surface, and to extend or renew the pavement life. It generally involves no improvement in capacity or geometrics. Resurfacing may include some elimination or shielding of roadside obstacles, culvert replacements, signals, marking, signing and intersection improvements. Usually no additional property acquisition is required; except possible minor acquisition for drainage and intersection improvements.
(2)
(a) Subject to ss. 84.555 and 86.255 , major highway projects shall be funded from the appropriations under ss. 20.395 (3) (bq) to (bx) and (4) (jq) and 20.866 (2) (ur) to (uum) .
(b) Except as provided in ss. 84.014 , 84.03 (3) , and 84.555 , and subject to s. 86.255 , reconditioning, reconstruction and resurfacing of highways shall be funded from the appropriations under s. 20.395 (3) (cq) to (cx) .
(3) The department may proceed with construction of the following major highway projects:
(ab) STH 11 extending approximately 7.6 miles from west of Burlington to STH 36/83 east of Burlington, designated as the Burlington bypass, in Walworth and Racine counties.
(ac) USH 12 extending approximately 11.6 miles from the junction of USH 12 and I 90/94 to approximately 0.75 miles south of Ski Hi Road in Sauk County.
(ae) USH 53 extending approximately 6.2 miles between I 90 and USH 14/61 near 7th Street in La Crosse, La Crosse County.
(ag) STH 57 extending approximately 17.3 miles from the junction of STH 57 with CTH "A" to STH 42 in Kewaunee and Door counties.
(ai) USH 141 extending approximately 15.4 miles between Lemere Road and 6th Road in Oconto and Marinette counties.
(ak) USH 151 extending approximately 18 miles between the junction of USH 151 and CTH "HH" south of Dickeyville to west of Belmont in Grant and Lafayette counties.
(dm) USH 51 between CTH "S" and USH 8, designated as the Tomahawk bypass 2nd roadway, in Lincoln County.
(kb) USH 151 extending approximately 18.2 miles between USH 151 west of Belmont and STH 23 south of Dodgeville, designated as the Belmont to Dodgeville project, in Lafayette and Iowa counties.
(kg) STH 16 and STH 16/67 extending approximately 7.4 miles from the junction of STH 16 with the Rock River to the STH 16/67 interchange east of Oconomowoc, designated as the Oconomowoc bypass, in Jefferson and Waukesha counties.
(km) USH 53 extending approximately 7.5 miles between USH 53 south of the USH 53/STH 93 interchange in Eau Claire and the USH 53/STH 124 interchange south of Chippewa Falls, designated as the Eau Claire Freeway, in Eau Claire and Chippewa counties.
(pe) STH 17 extending approximately 3.25 miles from the intersection of STH 17 and Birchwood Drive to USH 8 approximately 0.16 miles east of Germond Road, designated as the Rhinelander relocation, in Oneida County.
(pm) STH 26 extending approximately 48 miles between I 90 in Janesville and STH 60 north of Watertown in Rock, Jefferson, and Dodge counties.
(ps) I 39/USH 51 extending approximately 8 miles from south of Fox Glove Road to north of Bridge Street, designated as the Wausau beltline, in Marathon County.
(ra) STH 23 between STH 67 and USH 41 in Sheboygan and Fond du Lac counties.
(rb) The Rock County transportation plan, consisting of STH 11 extending southeasterly approximately 6.1 miles between STH 11 west of Janesville and the intersection of USH 51 and STH 351, designated as the Janesville bypass, and STH 81 and STH 213 extending southerly approximately 2.5 miles between STH 213 west of Beloit and the state line, designated as the Beloit bypass, in Rock County.
(re) USH 12 extending approximately 18.2 miles between the USH 12/14 interchange area in Middleton and STH 60 in Dane and Sauk counties.
(rg) STH 13 extending approximately 5.0 miles between USH 10 and Lincoln Avenue, designated as the Marshfield mobility study, in Wood and Marathon counties.
(rj) STH 64 extending approximately 14.3 miles between STH 64 northeast of Houlton and STH 65 east of New Richmond, designated as the Houlton to New Richmond project, in St. Croix County.
(rm) USH 151 between CTH "D" and STH 149, designated as the Fond du Lac bypass, in Fond du Lac County.
(rp) STH 57 extending approximately 10.5 miles between I 43 and STH 57 approximately 0.5 mile north of the southern Sheboygan County line, in Ozaukee and Sheboygan counties.
(tc) USH 12 extending between USH 12 approximately 1.5 miles northwest of Whitewater and USH 12 approximately 1.0 mile east of CTH "P", designated as the Whitewater bypass, in Jefferson and Walworth counties.
(te) STH 31 between STH 11 and STH 142 in Racine and Kenosha counties.
(tg) STH 35 between I 94 and CTH "U" in St. Croix County.
(tm) STH 50 between Slades Corners and USH 12 in Kenosha and Walworth counties.
(tp) STH 57 between STH 54 and CTH "A" in Brown and Kewaunee counties.
(tr) STH 110 between USH 41 and approximately 1.5 miles north of STH 116 in Winnebago County.
(tv) USH 141 between the USH 141/41 interchange near Abrams and approximately 1.0 mile north of STH 22 in Oconto County.
(tx) USH 41 between the USH 141/41 interchange near Abrams and STH 145 in Oconto, Brown, Outagamie, Winnebago, Fond du Lac, Dodge and Washington counties.
(wg) A state trunk highway in the city of Milwaukee extending from the southerly terminus of the Daniel Webster Hoan Memorial Bridge southerly approximately 3 miles on or adjacent to the Chicago and Northwestern railroad right-of-way to the intersection with East Layton Avenue, designated as the Lake Arterial project, in Milwaukee County.
(xb) USH 151 between the south interchange with STH 73 south of Columbus and USH 41 at Fond du Lac.
(yd) STH 29 between Green Bay and I 94, in Brown, Shawano, Marathon, Clark, Chippewa and Dunn counties.
(ye) USH 10 between Appleton and Marshfield, in Winnebago, Outagamie, Waupaca, Portage and Wood counties.
(zb) USH 41 extending from 1.5 miles south of Frog Pond Road in Oconto County to 1.3 miles north of Schacht Road in Marinette County.
(zd) USH 14 from approximately 2 miles west of Westby to 1.5 miles south of Viroqua in Vernon County.
(zh) USH 18 from Main Street in the city of Prairie du Chien to STH 60 in the town of Bridgeport in Crawford County.
(zp) USH 41 from 0.5 miles south of STH 26 to 0.5 miles north of Breezewood Lane in the city of Neenah in Winnebago County.
(zt) USH 41 from Orange Lane in the town of Lawrence, one mile south of CTH "F" to CTH "M" in Brown County.
(3m)
(a) The department shall complete any major highway project involving STH 29 from Green Bay to Chippewa Falls in Brown, Shawano, Marathon, Clark and Chippewa counties by December 31, 2000.
(b) The department shall complete all of the following highway rehabilitation projects:
1. STH 20 beginning at Roosevelt Avenue and extending to West Boulevard in the city of Racine by December 31, 1998.
2. STH 20 beginning at Oakes Road and extending to Roosevelt Avenue in the town of Mount Pleasant by December 31, 1999.
3. STH 20 beginning at West Boulevard and extending to Marquette Street in the city of Racine by December 31, 2002.
(c) The department shall complete the design work for any major highway project involving STH 57 between CTH "A" near Dyckesville and STH 42 in Kewaunee and Door counties by December 31, 2003.
(4)