Gov. Tony Evers visits Superior for ‘Pothole Patrol’ tour

Governor Tony Evers visited Superior Monday as part of his statewide “Pothole Patrol” tour.

The Superior stop marked the end of Evers’ seventh and final annual Pothole Patrol tour as governor.

During the visit, Evers joined Superior city officials and crews to help fill potholes along Wyoming Avenue. He also reflected on his administration’s efforts over the past seven years to repair and improve transportation infrastructure across Wisconsin.

“It takes a while, but I think we’ve made huge progress,” Evers said.

He adds that Wisconsin has improved more than 9,600 miles of roads and about 2,400 bridges since 2019.

The 2025-27 biennial budget also includes $1.1 billion in new transportation funding, including more than $100 million for the Local Roads Improvement Program and $150 million for the Agricultural Roads Improvement Program. It also includes a historic increase of nearly $333 million over two years for the state’s highway rehabilitation program.

Evers said one of the most important parts of the tour is recognizing the workers filling the potholes, and he emphasized the importance of keeping them safe.

“We’ve had problems in the last few years with people getting injured by drivers that aren’t paying attention. Everybody wears this, they’ve got big trucks and all that, but we’re still having people get hurt. That’s just not Wisconsin. We have to be careful,” Evers said.