1. Mike Wendt & Cara Abts WisDOT Regional Traffic March 10, 2015

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3.  WisDOT’s Lane Closure System (WisLCS)  Populates WisDOT’s 511 System  Gives public travel-related information:  Construction, maintenance, and utility projects  Highway incidents  Crashes, flooding, winter road conditions, etc.  OSOW load routing  Tool to coordinate work zones on our transportation system and analyze traveler delay 3

4. http://www.511wi.gov/web/traffic/map.aspx 4

5. 5 transportal.cee.wisc.edu/closures

6.  WisDOT will be putting on LCS training  To occur late March to early April  Intended for new users to WisLCS  Attendees need to have an account set up on the Lane Closure System prior to the class https://transportal.cee.wisc.edu/forms/secure/lcsrequest.pl https://transportal.cee.wisc.edu/forms/secure/lcsrequest.pl 6

7.  Priority Routes in the North Central Region  I-39/US 51, WIS 29, US 10, Bus 51  WisDOT RTEs will recommend approval  Note: Press release required  Non-Priority Routes  WisDOT Project Leaders and Coordinators will approve 7

8.  Lane closures*14 calendar days  Full roadway closures14 calendar days  System and service ramp closures*14 calendar days  Full system and service ramp closures14 calendar days  Project start14 calendar days  Construction stage changes14 calendar days  Detours14 calendar days  Lane closures**3 business days  System and service ramp closures**3 business days  Extending all closure types3 business days  * With height, weight, or width restrictions (available width, all lanes in one direction ≤16’)  ** Without height, weight, or width restrictions (available width, all lanes in one direction >16’) 8

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13.  Can take 2-3 days to get LCS entries approved  Depends on staff availability  Providing all requested information early reduces the turnaround time 13

14.  Cara Abts  715.421.8024  cara.abts@dot.wi.gov cara.abts@dot.wi.gov  Mike Wendt  715.365.5798  michael.wendt@dot.wi.gov michael.wendt@dot.wi.gov