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UMVRDC

Transportation

The UMVRDC has a planning assistance contract with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) to provide assistance, information and technical support for transportation issues affecting our region.

Safe Routes to SchoolTAP SR2S Outline

Area Transportation Partnerships (ATP)

The UMVRDC hosts an annual transportation public meeting to share and collect comments on the draft lists of projects from both ATPs.

To review the complete list of projects planned for construction this summer  see the following maps:

To review the complete list of projects proposed for the entire ATP 12 county area between 2020-2023  see the following maps:

The UMVRDC is part of two Area Transportation Partnerships (ATP), the West Central ATP 4 and the Southwest ATP 8. The ATP is a committee of elected officials, city and county engineers, MnDOT staff, tribal leaders, public transit leaders that represent the areas contiguous with MnDOT District boundaries. Their role is to develop policy and program projects utilizing federal transportation funding from the Federal Highway Administration ( FHWA).The UMVRDC appoints members to both ATPs.  UMVRDC Staff serve as technical advisors to the ATP, sub-committee members and ATP alternate members for the elected officials appointed. Current representatives are:
Southwest MN ATP – 8
(Lac qui Parle, Chippewa and Yellow Medicine Counties)
  • Gary Johnson – Yellow Medicine County Commissioner
  • Jim Dahlvang – Chippewa County Commissioner
  • Andy Sanders – Yellow Medicine County Engineer
West Central MN ATP – 4
(Big Stone and Swift Counties)
  • Rusty Dimberg – Big Stone County Township Association

Resources

MnDOT Transportation Economic Development Program (TED) The TED program specifically targets transportation improvements that will lead to measurable economic benefits. For a project to be eligible, it must contribute to job creation or retention or another measurable economic benefit. Eligible applicants are any governmental entity as defined by state law.

Application Deadline:  September 6, 2019
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/funding/ted/

DEED Transportation Economic Development Infrastructure Program (TEDI) The Transportation Economic Development Infrastructure Program (TEDI) is a competitive grant program available to communities for road and public infrastructure projects that create jobs and support economic development.

Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development’s (DEED) TEDI Program can be combined with the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s (MnDOT), Transportation Economic Development Program (TED). The programs provide a portion of costs for trunk highway and other road and public infrastructure improvements.

Application Deadline:  September 6, 2019
https://mn.gov/deed/government/financial-assistance/business-funding/tedi/


Transportation Alternatives Program The Transportation Alternatives Solicitation is a competitive grant opportunity for local communities and regional agencies to fund projects for pedestrian and bicycle facilities, historic preservation, Safe Routes to School and more.

 Letter of Intent Deadline:  October
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/ta/

Landscape Partnership Program – MnDOT
MnDOT is actively involved in roadside landscaping partnerships with communities and their volunteers, to help make the communities more aesthetically pleasing by designing the landscaping to match the context of the community and surrounding areas.

Application Deadline:  Ongoing
https://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadsides/partners/index.html