WELCOME RAM and SWEF SERVICE PROVIDERS:
Information About the Rest Area Maintenance (RAM) and Safety Weight Enforcement Facilities Maintenance (SWEFM) Programs:
• The Rest Area Maintenance program has been in existence since 1987
• The Safety Weight Enforcement Facilities Maintenance program has been in existence since 2001
• Emphasis of both programs is to provide work opportunities to individuals with varied abilities
• Both programs are 100% funded from WisDOT program revenue dollars (fuel taxes, license/registration fees)
• There are currently 132 properties and 22 service providers in the programs
• WisDOT owns the sites
• WisDOT’s Bureau of Highway Maintenance (BHM) manages the sites
• BHM contracts with service providers to do the work at sites
• BHM contracts with DSPN Roadside Facilities (RF) to provide program management services for both programs
Please e-mail rfwi@dspn.org if you need a User Login to the Roadside Facilities website. Remember to include First and Last Name, Organization, Title, and work e-mail. We welcome suggestions on things you would like to have included in this area. Please submit your ideas to cchesney@dspn.org.
Resources:
CONVENTION & VISITOR BUREAU SITES (CVBs)
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CVBs are located at five roadside facilities sites
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The space is provided by WisDOT Bureau of Highway Maintenance (BHM)
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Visitor Bureau areas are cleaned and maintained by service provider staff
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DSPN Roadside Facilities manages provided services, resolves issues, and facilitates CVB advisory group meetings
Rest Area Advisory Group (RAAG)
This forum is intended to be an open exchange between key stakeholder management to foster improved communications among the parties to improve relationships, identify concerns, create mutually acceptable solutions tempered by funding availability.
Following is a list of the Rest Area Advisory Group:
WisDOT
Dan Mulder (CHAIR)
WisDOT, BHM Section Chief
608.234.7257
Biren Patel
WisDOT Rest Area Engineer
608.699.1837
DSPN - Roadside Facilities
Pat Karlen
DSPN Director of Roadside Facilities
& Operations
608.220.1962
Joe Giertych
Field Services Manager, Sr
608.712.4008
Wisconsin Department of Tourism
Drew Nussbaum
Regional Tourism Specialist
715.299.5422
Rest Area 26 - Kenosha CVB
Eva Hoey
Visit Kenosha
262-857-7164
Rest Area 22 - Beloit CVB
Celestino Ruffini
Visit Beloit
608.313.1360
Rest Area 31 – LaCrosse CVB
Janet Dahl
Explore LaCrosse
608.782.2327
Rest Area 61 – Menomonie CVB
Dana Crosson
Visit Eau Claire
715.829.2685
dana@visiteauclaire.com
SWEF 11 - Dickeyville CVB
Robert Keeney
Grant County Tourism Services 608.988.6969
AJ Koch
WisDOT Engineer
608.228.8399
Joseph Coughlin
WisDOT Rest Area Engineer
608.716.1963
Celina Chesney
Facilities and Asset Management Specialist
608.661.2914
Rest Area 26 – Kenosha Svc Provider Mgmt
Isobel O’Rourke
Kenosha Achievement Center, Inc.
262.857.6848
Rest Area 22 – Beloit Svc Provider Mgmt
Ken Sween
VIP Services, Inc.
262.749.1878
Rest Area 31 – LaCrosse Svc Provider Mgmt
Betty Olson
APTIV, Inc.
608.785.3523
Rest Area Service Provider
Rest Area 61 – Menomonie Svc Provider Mgmt
Mike Beaupre
Indianhead Enterprises of Menomonie, Inc.
715.232.6460
SWEF 11 – Dickeyville Svc Provider Mgmt
Ryan Tichenor
Handishop Industries, Inc
608.343.7049