Attendee Information
The WCHA Conference Coordinating Committee held their Winter Road School (Highway Conference) January 15-17, 2018 at Chula Vista Resort in Wisconsin Dells.

Highway Commissioners/Public Works Directors & Office Managers/Committee Members/ State Officials/Corporate Sponsors/Associate Members attended this event.

Presentations from the 2018 Winter Road School are now online, members please access them by visiting the Member Site.

2018 Winter Road School Additional Agendas

• WCHA Executive Committee Agenda for 1.15.18
• WCHA “New” Commissioners Session Agenda for 1.15.18
• WCHA CHAPPS Agenda for 1.15.18
• WCHA Committee Chairs Agenda for 1.15.18
• WCHA Board Agenda for 1.16.18
• WCHA Bridge Committee Agenda 1.16.2018
• WCHA Utility Committee Agenda 1.16.2018
• WCHA Business Meeting Agenda for 1.17.18
• WCHA Joint Legislative Committee Agenda for 1.16.18

The WCHA Professional Development and Leadership Conference will begin on Monday, December 4th and formally end on Tuesday, December 5th at the Jefferson Street Inn in Wausau. A breakfast buffet will be provided on Tuesday for all registered attendee’s.

The conference is for highway committee members, commissioners, engineers and superintendents that want to improve their professional development and leadership skills.

Please make your own room reservation by referencing the Wisconsin County Highway Association. The block will be reserved until November 5th. Single room rates are $82 and will be the responsibility of each County. The number for reservations is 715-845-6500. The fax number is 715-845-3133.

For additional information and to register for the WCHA Professional Development & Leadership Conference, click here.

The WCHA-LDG Conference Coordinating Committee/Green Lake/Marquette Counties hosted the 2017 Annual Road School September 11-14, 2017 in Wisconsin Dells.

View presentations from the event here.

Questions:
Gary L. Kennedy
WCHA Professional Development Director 1355 North 16th Street
Manitowoc, WI 54220
Cell Phone (920) 323-6500
E-mail: hwygary@ameritech.net

WCHA leadership were in Columbus, Ohio the week of July 21-24, 2017 attending the National Association of Counties (NACo) Annual Conference.

While at the national convention, WCHA representatives, including Secretary Mark Servi and WCHA Past Chair Terry Henck attended the NACo Transportation Steering Committee.

To see photographs from the NACo Annual Conference and WCHA representatives, click here.

Congratulations to all those who participated in the 2017 WCHA Summer Road School Golf Tournament at Chula Vista.

This year’s winners were from Northeast Asphalt and Flint Hills Resources.  Pictured here are Randy Holladay, Brian Enders, Kevin Gannon and Jon Leach.

WCHA representatives attended the National Association of County Engineers (NACE) Annual Conference April 9-13, 2017 in Cincinnati, Ohio.  The event is the largest gathering of county infrastructure officials nationwide.

The group was there to promote the 2018 NACE Annual Conference which will be held at Chula Vista, Resort in Wisconsin Dells.

The WCHA Conference Coordinating Committee will be hosting the 2017 State Summer Highway Conference (Road School) in Wisconsin Dells at the Chula Vista Resort on June 5-7, 2017.

Our Road School is anticipated to have over 500 in attendance, which will be comprised of Highway Commissioners, Highway Committee Officials, Engineers, Associate Members, WisDOT Officials and spouses/guests representing all areas of the state.

To register for the 2017 Summer Road School, click here.

See the 2017 Summer Road School Draft Agenda Here.

Corporate Partners
To help make the 2017 WCHA Road School a success; we welcome your corporate participation. The Association is offering multiple areas for your participation in various conference activities. There are a number of options including indoor/outdoor exhibit areas/booths, hospitality rooms, sponsorship of coffee/soda breaks, meal programs, etc. You may review the participation choices for vendor booth & sponsorship for Summer Highway Conference 2017 here.

National Work Zone Awareness Week takes place April 3 through 7. The theme is “Work Zone Safety is in Your Hands.”

Wednesday, April 5, is “Go Orange Day,” in which people are asked to wear something orange in support of highway safety.

Work Zone Awareness Week is sponsored by federal, state and local transportation officials to draw attention to the safety needs of road workers during construction season. Generally, crashes occur when drivers speed through a work zone, do not pay attention to changing road conditions, run into other vehicles or highway equipment or drive off the road completely.

See the Federal Highway Administration’s “National Work Zone Awareness Week” webpage here, complete with flyers and fact sheets.

Other resources for the 2017 Work Zone Awareness Week:

• Wisconsin work zone news release template
• Wisconsin work zone traffic deaths
• Wisconsin work zone safety talking points
• View the Wisconsin kick off event on NBC15 in Madison here.

State Representative Keith Ripp recently rode along with Columbia County Highway Commissioner Chris Hardy to see an up-close look at the issues facing Wisconsin roads and counties.

View the video Representative Ripp and Chris Hardy here.

Be sure to follow Representative Ripp on Twitter at @WIRepKeithRipp.  Here is his post on Twitter regarding this video: “Watch my video to see how bad state road conditions are forcing traffic onto county roads instead. #WIbudget“

Register today for the 2017 Commissioner’s Spring Training Conference, held March 27-28 in Madison.

The event will be held at:
The Madison Concourse Hotel
One West Dayton Street
Madison, WI 53703
800-356-8293

To see the full agenda, click here.

To register for the event, click here.

The conference will begin on Monday, March 27th and formally end on Tuesday, March 28th.  Breakfast Buffet will be provided on Tuesday for all registered attendee’s.

Please make your own room reservation by referencing the Wisconsin County Highway Association or Group ID 609990.  The block will be reserved until March 1.  Single room rates are $82 and will be the responsibility of each County.  The number for reservations is 800-356-8293.  The fax number is 608-257-8454.  Commissioners who are not able to attend are encouraged to send a representative.

Please bring evidence of tax-exemption, otherwise the hotel will charge you tax.  You must cancel your reservation at least 24 hours prior to the day of your arrival to avoid being charged for the room.  If you do cancel, please obtain a cancellation number from the hotel reservation agent for confirmation.  Check-in time is 3:00 p.m. and checkout time is 11:00 a.m.
A Registration Fee of $50.00 for each attendee!! must accompany your registration